Disclaimer: I do not own Yuyuhakusho in anyway possible or impossible.
I have revised this chapter. . .because the original was a little to. . . sucky sounding. At least the beginning anyway. That was all that was bothering me. So, I just changed a few things. I hope you like the little changes.
Thanks to all!
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The Demon World sky grew darker over the heads of two demons. Blood red hair flowed softly down the shoulders of the taller demon. Ebony straight hair floated atop the head of the smaller companion. Emerald green eyes gazed off in the same direction as the ruby red eyes of his companion. Slim chests slowly rose and fell, as the travelers picked up pace. If they were to make it on time; they would need to go just a 'little' faster.
"How about a race dear Hiei?" The fox demon asked; as he stopped to pull his hair back. The fire demon walked a little ahead of him and gave him his signature 'Hn'. To some this would not count as an answer of any kind. But, for the fox, it was the best reply he ever could want. Thin pink lips rose into a grin and opened to give the fire demon a, "Ready?" response to the 'Hn'.
The grin grew wider when the fox's companion instantly dissapeared into the dark night, leaving behind a happy demon. Once the hair was tied back and resting against the top of Kurama's head, did he finally find it good to start his nightly run. With a great intake of air; the demon sprinted off in the direction of his friends.
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"I win," a voice greeted the fox, as he arrived to the tall, gothic styled castle. The voice's owner, founding it a good time, lept from the tree and landed next to the winded demon. After a few pants, green eyes glared up at the Hiei and muttered, "I thought you would race me a little more fairly!" He then gave a playful look, showing he wasn't really upset, and let his hair down from it's spot.
Ruby eyes watched as red hair flowed down and around Kurama. He looked up and saw Kurama's eyes shut and a small sigh escape him. The fire demon then shook his head. He couldn't let Kurama know how he felt. 'No. Not yet. . . not just yet," he trailed off, as forest eyes glanced to him. A smile crept its way onto the fox's face, at the sight of the cute blush on Hiei's face. Kurama imagined what his friends would do, if they could see the secret and un-noticed(by the owner) blush. Pink lips let a tiny gasp of laughter escape from his mouth, at the thought.
Hiei instantly turned away and tried, vainly, to hide his blush. The red-head stopped the little laughter and gave the fire demon alittle comfort. "Don't worry about the laughter," he told him in a smooth and calm voice. Gently patting Hiei on the shoulder before walking into the castle, on his way to see his awaiting friends.
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"HEY! I thought you all weren't going to show up!" The loud, cocky voice of the team's leader, rang around the room when Kurama and Hiei entered. Warm chocolate eyes looked them over and gave each a drunken hug, before giving them another shout. "What were you two doing, that it took you, so long?" The room seemed to pause at the words, spoken from the black haired human. Blushes crept over Kurama's and Hiei's face as everyone laid flaming eyes on them. 'They act as if they are waiting for us to get hitched or something,' the fox thought to himself, of course, not knowing Hiei had caught onto the thought.
"We had a race, Detective," Hiei gave the crowd a glare, that caused them to turn and put their sights else where. Chatter began to immediately scatter across the room, making the party start up again. Uramashi Yusuke continued to not notice the crowd or the blushes, and asked, "Who won?"
His breath seemed to hit them hard, almost causing them to fall under the same effects Yusuke was under going. Kurama shook his head at the daze and briefly wondered when Yusuke became such a drinker. Never had the fox seen Yusuke, get the way he was. But, he had heard, that his mother was like that.
A chuckled escaped from Hiei, just before he trodded away to keep an eye on Kuwabara, leaving Kurama and Yusuke alone. The team leader turned his head and raised an eyebrow at the fox and mouthed the words, 'Talkative ain't he?' These words earned him a playful glare and a smack to the arm. With the smack finished, the fox found an interesting flower to investigate, letting Yusuke tend to his on arm.
As the plant master lost his interest in the fake flower, he noticed the table holding all the drinks and snacks. Curiousity, for what the leader was drinking, led him to making a path through his friends to the table. Though he wasn't paying attention, he ended up bumping into his other red-headed team mate. Kuwabara found this as a great invitation to have a talk with the fox, since they hadn't spoken for sometime, and see what he'd been up to these past few years.
This ended up stopping the red fox from moving any closer to the table. But, as the good friend he was, he didn't stop Kuwabara from his talking and didn't rudely just ignore him. They started out with talking about how Kurama's mother was doing and then moved to how Yukina was. It seemed as soon as her name was spoken she showed up and another pair of red eyes glared at the two red-heads.
Kurama played it off, ignoring the glare, and asked how the two were doing together. He was happy and surprised to hear that they had been engaged for a while now. They planned on having their wedding in fall. Perfect for both, not to hot for Yukina and not to cold for Kuwabara. The fox gave them his dazzling smile and gave congratulations to both on their happiness.
It seemed as soon as wedding was mentioned, the glaring eyes found something more interesting to watch and for the couple to move on to talk to some other friends.
This leads us to attempt two, towards getting to the table. Green eyes were mere feet away from seeing the bottles, when a hand landed on his shoulder, spinning him around instantly.
Blood, red eyes stared up at him. At first, Kurama was convinced, that it was Hiei wanting answers to something. But, surprise surprise, young Yukina was looking up at him.
Confusion and tears were welled up in her eyes, as she muttered to him, 'Can we go somewhere to talk?' The fox glanced back to the table and thought to himself for a few seconds. Then came up with the brilliant idea, "Wait for me on the balcony and I'll come as soon as I get a drink!" The little ice maiden smiled brightly to him and gave a heavy nod, before skimming off to the balcony.
Finally, emerald eyes glanced over evey bottle. Must were sodas from Human World and some where flavored waters from both worlds. Then his eyes landed on the bottle, that was covered with Demon writting, that appeared to be an alcoholic drink. Though to humans it looked just like a soda bottle, Kurama knew better from the writting and the smell of the strong liquid inside.
Yusuke must have believed that this was a type of Demon soda. Not knowing that he was pouring a glass of Demon World's strongest drink! Red hair shook, as the red head laughed at the thought. "Poor Yusuke," he muttered to himself, before pouring him a glass of the strong drink. It's a party right? He could have alittle bit, if he wanted!
So, with drink and knowledge in hand, the demon made his way out to see the fire demon's sister.
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"What is a wedding?!" Two voices greeted the fox, when he entered the balcony. Two pairs of red eyes burned up at him, waiting for answers. Kurama blinked some and then took a swig of the drink he was holding. 'It looks like this will come in handy,' he silently thanked himself for grabbing the glass and drink.
His thoughts were interrupted by some words from the young maiden. "He said we were going to be bonded. Now he's saying 'married' and I don't like the way it sounds!" Yukina fisted her hands in Kurama's shirt and buried her head there. Silent gems bumped against the fox's chest and rolled down to hit the ground with a 'Plup'.
He glanced up to see what her brother's take on this was and found that he seemed rather upset as well. It looked to the fox, that Kuwabara had not explained things to his future wife and that Hiei never paid attention whenever Kurama told him stuff.
He gave a sigh and sipped alittle more of drink. The drinks effects, not really bothering him yet. While taking these sips, he thought back to when Hiei had finally annouced to Yukina that he was her brother. The day had been warm and the sun had shined ever so brightly. And Yukina had not been surprises, and to Hiei's liking, had not been disgusted either.
"A wedding is the human term for 'bonding'. Though the celebration is also alittle different from bonding, it is pratically is the same thing," the words happily met the twins' ears. Thankfully stopping Yukina's tears and stopping Hiei's silent rage. But, that was Kurama for yah. Peace maker. 'Maybe that was easier then I thought,' he reasoned with himself.
The ice maiden giggled with joy and scurried off to her future husband. Leaving the two male demons to themselves. Once the balcony door was closed, did Kurama find it safe to take another drink. Finally noticing that the drink was half way gone from the glass. 'Oh well. It's a party!' He continued to tell himself. Not knowing that the fire demon was watching him drink the liquor away.
Hiei opened his mouth to ask 'why' the demon was drinking, but decided against it. There were great chances that, whatever, Kurama was trying to cover up... would be covered up by the fox's smooth talking.
"I'm going to quickly check around the area. Then I might, finally, go visit Mukuro," he muttered. Not thinking that the red-head would hear him. But, of course, forgetting the fox's legendary hearing skills. "Alright. Just be careful. We are all spending the night here, at Yusuke's castle, and will be here in the morning if you need us," he spoke, knowing that there was little chances of Hiei really needing help.
Both were happy, before Hiei departed, when they each received a nod from the other. With a flick of his wrist; he waved and disappeared into the dark night sky.
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The sun light moved its way in through the windows. Shining brightly on a certain demon's face. Causing him to rouse from the deep sleep he had been enjoying. Red hair was fanned across the pillows and down the shoulders of the slender creature. For a brief moment, the fox could have sworn, he had a noise similar to a purr.
He shook his head and then rubbed his eyes. Thanking God for his headache free head, after the drinking he had done once the fire demon had left.
Then, there it was again, the purring sound floated to him and then drifted off. Once getting his eyes ajusted to the light and getting fully sat up in the bed, did Kurama put his hand to his throat. Just to see if he was purring or making any of the noises he heard.
A small rustling sound then attracted the red head's attention. Making him look down to the left of his bed. His eyes widen at the sight of Hiei and the smaller creature with him.
"I think it might be hurt," he murmured to the fox.
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