Family Matters

By Landlady of the Universe

Summary: So Koenma's on a power trip, again.  There's a demon in Yusuke's school.  And someone had the bright idea of making family economics a required course.  So what does this all have to do with Hiei anyway?

Genre: Humor/Romance

Pairing: Hiei/Keiko

A/N: *sigh* I know someone is going to murder me for starting a new fic when I still have my Inu-Yasha fics to finish.  But the idea just popped into my head and wouldn't leave me alone, so… here it is.  Kinda short I know, but I do have the next chapter already written; I just wanted to see what people think first.  So leave lots of nice reviews and the next chappy will be out soon, which will explain what's going on.

Disclaimer: College * English Major = poor as dirt = me no own YYH

Prologue

There was no doubt about it.

Hiei was having the worst day of his life.  And that was an understatement.  A gross understatement.

And that woman, with her short brown locks blowing in the breeze and her lips pursed into a cute little pout, was not making things any better by lecturing him.

"I'm not any happier about this than you are Hiei," she was saying sternly, "but this is a school assignment like any other, and I am going to …"

Hold it.

Did he say cute?

He had to be sick.  Yes, that was the most logical answer to his assessment of Keiko's … lips.  Never mind the fact that he had never been sick a day in his life.

Perhaps he could take advantage of this.  Surely Koenma would take him off of this hell case if he was ill.  Then again, he would have to explain exactly how he came to that conclusion, which meant…

Keiko's lips.

Sigh.

"Are you listening to me Hiei?"  And the little brat had the nerve to jab him in the chest.  Him!  Ok, so he was only a few centimeters taller than she was, but still.  You'd think, after the whole kidnapping and the mind control and the demon sword thing, she'd be at least a little afraid of him.  So what if they were outside in the schoolyard where everyone could see them.  A little threat like a death sentence wouldn't be enough to stop him if he decided that he needed to dispose of her (and her cute little lips, but he was pointedly not thinking about that).

And yet, despite these simple, quite obvious facts, Keiko simply was not intimidated.  In the least.

"No," he replied.  After all, if she insisted on not being afraid of him – no doubt solely to annoy him – then he was damn well going to do his best to anger her as much as possible.

Perhaps that was a mistake.

Damn, but it would be a miracle if he didn't go deaf after this whole ordeal.

"And if my grades suffer just because your arrogant ass gets lazy, then I'll find a way to make you pay!!" she shrieked.  Hiei fought the urge to throw her into a wall, though he wasn't quite sure why.  Oh yea.  Death sentence.  Not to mention Yusuke.

Still, nowhere did it say that he couldn't scare the hell out of her.  Fragile little thing didn't even realize that he was pinning her to the brick wall of the school until it was done.  She gaped at him, and finally a little fear seeped into her eyes.  Maybe he would make her beg.  Yes, a little begging would make him feel better.  A sinister smile curved his lips.  "And how exactly do you plan to do that?"

"Umm…"  Make that a lot of begging.  With flushed cheeks and less clothes, much less clothes.

Hiei blinked as he realized that he was absently toying with the collar of Keiko's uniform.  She had frozen, stunned – finally – into silence.  With one last smirk and a promise to himself to get laid as soon as possible before he mounted Urameshi's mate, and left, not even a breeze remained to say that he had been there.

LL: *sigh* You know, this was supposed to be a nice and happy start to a functional relationship, not a huge wad of sexual tension.

Hiei: I have to protest this.  There is no way that I would be lusting after that, that girl.

Keiko: Like I would get anywhere near you!

Hiei: Oh yea, you know you want me; you just don't want to admit it!

Keiko: In your dreams!  You're the one that wants me!

LL: *whispering to B0b* This is going to be more fun than I thought.