Fox: Again

Fox: Again! Yay! Chapter updatingness…

Shadowess: Is that even a word?

Fox: I dunno.

Shadowess: Well, I like bunnies, too, I’ve discovered. But I refuse to eat them.

Fox: Can we keep on the story now?

Shadowess: Sure. Why not?

Fox: -almost answers-

Shadowess: Don’t answer that.

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Chapter 7: Insist

As I watched Hiei reluctantly follow after my sister, I couldn’t hold back the small laugh buried in my throat. He definitely won’t admit it but… he likes her. Now it was just me and the tall, silent one.

He was pretty tall… He towered over me. I knew that some dog demons were tall, but this guy was tall. Sesshoumaru looked down at me, questioning my laughter in his eyes.

“I believe that Hiei has some feelings for my sister.” I told him.

“His scent does not hint so.” Sesshoumaru stated, looking off to the woods where the two took off.

“Not yet.” I smirked. “That lovely necklace might encourage him to see the light. It’s hard for anyone to feel any hate towards Suki. Sure, they could try to kill her, but they’d still get at least one smile because of her.”

I don’t really hold a conversation with Sesshoumaru. I do most of the talking. He’s a regal Lord and all but still… Could he be a little more talkative?

Before I could open my mouth to comment, Hiei came back carrying my sister over his shoulder. She was struggling against him but… she was quiet.

When Hiei turned to show Suki’s face, I laughed. She was gagged so that she couldn’t say any of the command words. “Oh dear, sister, it seems you’ve become quiet in Hiei’s presence.”

She glared at me, then managed to get a hand free from Hiei’s grip. “Let me go, you pyro pixie!!”

Wish granted. She was dropped down on her rear. “OWWIE!! Onee-chan! Hiei dropped me!”

“Well, you did tell him to let you go. He did.”

“Good point, but still! He could have been nicer about it!” Suki glared up at Hiei, who shrugged his shoulders and turned away. “I’ll say it!” He continued to ignore her. “Cookies!”

Hiei threw his shirt to the ground and dropped to his knees. “Damn you, woman!”

Suki kept a few feet away from his grip, so not to have him grab her again. She smirked down at him. “That was not very nice, Hiei. I can leave you there. And I’ve told you not to call me ‘woman’!”

“Okay, sis, I’m going to keep going ahead so you can torture him in privacy.” I told her as I walked past her with Hiei trying to grab me but failing. Sesshoumaru followed behind me.

“Okay, onee-chan! Enjoy your time!” She gave a mock salute to me before turning her grin to Hiei. “Now, what to do with you…” Her voice drifted as I distanced myself.

As Sesshoumaru and I walked, we made our way down to an area of the mountain area where the river fell as a waterfall. The mountain path descended steeply down. We would have to jump and let gravity take us down to the bottom. Those rocks were pretty moist, too, so we’d have to examine our leaps to double-check our landing areas.

Well, I’m sure that Sesshoumaru would have no problem. Hell, I bet he’d take one entire leap down to the bottom without breaking a sweat. I could do that as well, but… my landings are not really graceful. To put it bluntly, I’d fall flat on my face and roll until I hit something hard enough to stop me.

“GET THE HELL OFF MY HAIR!!” Hiei’s voice echoed to our ears.

I laughed. “Oh boy.” I turned to Sesshoumaru to make a comment but the words would not leave my lips. He was staring at me.

“Sesshoumaru?”

He did not speak.

“Uh, Sesshoumaru?” Okay, getting a little weird. His stare is making me feel like he’s looking straight through me. He can stop anytime now.

“This Sesshoumaru insists to carry you down. The rocks are too slippery to hold your step.” He stated in a monotone voice.

I blinked. “Pardon me?”

“This Sesshoumaru will not repeat himself.”

“Okay... Sure, since you offered, or rather insist.” I shrugged. I let out a squeak of surprise and shock when I was pulled up against his chest with his arm around my waist before he leapt into the air. I gripped his armor tightly once I realized how high he jumped up. We were really high up! I’m not afraid of heights, but I’ve never been this high off the ground!

We started to go down, but it was slow, not at all like the normal falling rate. I was puzzled. Was Sesshoumaru actually part wind demon too? How was he doing this?

“My father’s pelt has a special magic woven into it, it allows me to achieve many things; like our slow decent.” Sesshoumaru answered my unasked question.

“Oh. Okay. That makes sense.” His feet touched the ground, which allowed me to hit the ground, too. I let go of his armor. “That was… exhilarating. Thank you for the lift.” I glanced down to see that his arm was still around my waist. I cleared my throat.

He released me and took a few steps forward.

If that wasn’t an awkward moment, I’m not sure what is. Wait… Hiei is receiving more awkwardness at this moment. I wonder how that’s going with Suki…

“ONEEEEEE-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN!!”

“Speak of the devil…” I turned around and looked up the mountainside to see Suki scrambling down the path with surprising precision, even though her arms were flailing around in that classic ‘run-away’ fashion.

Behind her, Hiei was chasing her, with his hair in knots and his shirt fisted in his hand. He was jumping from rock to rock before pushing off and landing in front of Suki. She screamed and tried to stop, but… The moisture from the waterfall made the path pretty slick apparently. Suki kept going and crashed into Hiei.

I flinched at that. It looked painful for both of them… especially since they practically rolled down the rest of the mountainside. They finally landed on their backs, separated, a few feet away from my feet.

“Well, I give you both: 9 points for interest, 7 for style, but only a 4 for landing.” I grinned down at them. I approached my sister and helped her to her feet. “I take it you had fun while it lasted? Did you kiss him or did he force a kiss out of you?”

Suki brushed off her shirt. “I did have fun, but he grabbed me and forced a kiss out of me again. The cheater.” She huffed and crossed her arms, glancing at the hybrid demon putting his shirt back on.

I put my arm across her shoulder. “Remember that it’s typical of males to insist on hurrying instead of letting their torture last.” I laughed.

“True. But still!” Suki growled in irritation.

“Suki, dear, you’re growling.” I whispered to her. “You know what that means?”

“Um… I get a cookie?” Right after she said it, both her hands clamped over her mouth.

A vicious growl came from Hiei. He was down on his knees, shirtless yet again. Steam was coming off of him. Neat effect.

“Go and give him a smooch so he doesn’t overheat the entire area.” I patted Suki on her back.

“But, Ny-chan…”

“The sooner he cools down, the sooner we can keep going.”

She reluctantly went over to Hiei and planted a quick kiss to his cheek before coming back to my side for protection. Hiei got up and grabbed his shirt, covering his bare chest and abdominal muscles. At least my season had already passed. Don’t want any reckless actions going on. Suki however…

“Can we keep going now? The steam stopped rising off him.” Suki’s voice brought me out of my thoughts.

“Sure thing. Ready, guys?” I asked the boys, only to get slight nods in response.

And so, we continued on our way. Suki kept close to me, glancing back at Hiei every once in a while. Poor girl… She just loves getting in to trouble.

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Fox: What the heck?! That was short, sis!

Shadow: So? I had it longer, but the stupid thing closed without saving so I had to redo it, but I couldn’t remember everything!

Fox: Oh. Okay then. No biggie.

Shadow: Alright… Now, we must have two things from you people, and one is a requirement.

Fox: Yeah! I demand – I mean, we demand cookies!

Shadow: And a review would be nice too.