Author's Note: Okay, this is my third fanfic, after my two-part The Dating
Game and Ai Shiteru (on-going). This story took place in Makai, and in here
it is Youko Kurama. Lastly, since I started this when I was in a very weird
mood, the characters here have a tendency to be OOC. No flaming me in that
part, I hope. Okay, I won't delay you anymore.
DISCLAIMERS: I DON'T OWN YUYU HAKUSHO, AS IF I HAVEN'T SAID THAT A THOUSAND TIMES ALREADY!!!
CHAPTER 1: SWEET-SMELLING WOMAN
"My lord, a stranger was seen roaming around your keep," Olic reported as he kneeled in front of his lord.
Instantly, Youko Kurama stood up, his eyes blazing with anger. "How stupid can you get, you fool? How could he enter the gates?"
Olic flinched. Youko Kurama seldom gets angry though he's always cold towards them. "No, my lord, the stranger was seen on your forest," he said, his voice still smooth, not showing any fear.
"Ah, and how many are they?" Kurama said and sat down again, his elbow resting at the arms of his throne, as he massaged his temple.
"Only one, sire," Olic mumbled and looked down. No doubt, the lord will get mad at them for such incompetence.
"Weren't you instructed by Noriem not to call him 'sire' but only 'my lord'?" Kuronue asked as he entered the Great Hall, an apple on his hand as he walked towards Kurama. "What have we got here?" he asked Kurama.
"A stranger had managed to get inside our forest," Kurama answered, irritation in his voice. "How many did you said are they?" he asked Olic again.
"Only one, my lord," Olic said, correcting his previous mistake.
"And you didn't manage to catch him? Are you that incompetent?" Kurama bellowed then turned to Kuronue. "Call all our guards and banish them from our territory this very instant!"
"But, my lord, the stranger was a lady, we cannot possibly arrest her," Olic explained patiently.
Both Kuronue and Kurama halted and turned to look at the still- kneeling Olic. "Repeat what you said," Kurama ordered authoritatively.
"The stranger was a woman, sire-er, my lord," Olic said, suddenly nervous. What would the Youko do now?
"Uh-huh, what do we have here now, kitsune? Probably another one of your women?" Kuronue teased.
"Shut up!"
But Kuronue only laughed. When Kurama glared at him, he laughed harder. Being one of the assistants of Kurama and a childhood friend, he need not give proper respect to the owner of the keep. He could tease and kid him around and not receive a punishment in return. And now is no exception.
"Come on, kitsune, don't be childish. You can't afford it," Kuronue teased.
His ears started twitching, a sign, he's getting irritated, as he stood up and glared at his friend. "I am childish and I can damn well afford it!"
"Yare, yare, so you can afford it. Why don't we just go see your woman, ne?" Kuronue said, still smiling then turned to the kneeling Olic. "Stand up and show us the way," he said and began to follow Olic as he lead the way.
"When they arrived at the border of the youko's forest, there was no one to see and Olic began to feel nervous. Having the Youko Kurama got mad was bad enough but the lord and Kuronue getting mad would be like a sentence to someone's life. Good thing Reilan was out, hunting lest he'd really be dead meat.
Kuronue looked at him impatiently. "Are you playing with us, Olic? We have other important things to do, you know," he said and glared at him, his eyes, oh so cold.
Olic was suddenly frightened. Kuronue seldom gets angry. Among the three lords, Kuronue is the easiest to get along with. "No, sire. I swear I'm telling the truth. There was really a woman here."
Olic would have smiled when he saw Kuronue calmed down but he was wrong. "Then were the hell is the damned woman?" Kuronue bellowed.
"Shhh! Keep quiet," Kurama said as his ears twitched, not really caring about what's happening to Kuronue and one of his guards, Olic.
But Kuronue, so mad for being played with a lesser youko, couldn't understand what's Kurama trying to do. It's not like Kurama to interrupt when he is busy training, lecturing or punishing their troops. The kitsune even liked it that way, it lessens his obligation. So he humored him by doing exactly what he said, he shut his mouth up.
And when he did, a distant sound from outside their territory made him look at the kitsune who's seriously listening to the sound. Obviously, with his keen kitsune senses, he could hear better what the sound is all about.
"What is it?" Kuronue asked, almost whispering so as not to interrupt the youko.
"Go back to your post, Olic," Kurama said, not answering Kuronue's question that it irritated him. Olic, however, scurried away, glad to be away from his two lords.
"What is it?" Kuronue asked again, a little louder this time. He will not be ignored, that he vowed.
"Shhh." Was all Kurama said but Kuronue would not be ignored any longer.
"What the hell is going on, kitsune? You know I can't hear a damn thing!" Kuronue snapped, his temper exploding.
That's when Kurama decided to give his oh, so precious attention to his friend. "Lower your voice, will you? She might hear you," Kurama said, not bothering to look at him.
"She? What are you talking about? Is it the lady is talking about?" Kuronue once again asked. He can't seem to understand the meaning of the words keep quiet.
"Damn it, Kuronue! If the woman hears you, I'm going to kill you," Kurama said, exasperated.
But Kuronue only smiled at him. How many times had Kurama threatened to kill him since they were young? But now, he's still alive.
"You've seen her already?" he asked his lord again. It was odd that the kitsune give this woman this much curiosity.
"Iie, but we're near her already," Kurama answered as he treaded a path all the while, sniffing for her scent.
Kuronue was busily following his friend that when the kitsune stopped suddenly, he bumped into him. "Watch it!" Kuronue said.
"Gomen," Kurama mumbled and sniffed the air again but still he refused to move.
"Hey, what is it?" Kuronue asked. He hated this, it makes him feel like an invalid. So dependent with the kitsune's senses for something or someone they're looking for.
"Can't you smell it?" Kurama asked as he continued to sniff the air. Oh, how lovely the scent of the woman is.
"Iie. I wouldn't ask you if I could, right?" Kuronue said and looked at the kitsune's back since the latter won't even turn around when speaking to him.
"She smells so good," Kurama said almost dreamily that Kuronue almost gagged.
"Quit acting like that, kitsune. You look like a boy who's only beginning his puberty, " he said, mildly irritated.
"But she really smells wonderful, like the spring and sunshine," Kurama said in that kind of tone again. He was easily attracted to women who really smell good. Their looks are only a bonus. And this woman, hell, he'd do anything to get her in his bed, no matter what the consequence is.
"Sure, sure. So she smells good. Now you're lusting for a woman again. For all we know she looks like a witch. Oh, come on, kitsune, get over your infatuation with scents. Besides, you yourself smell good. Why don't you just go and smell yourself 'til your dying day?" Kuronue said disgustingly. He really couldn't understand why the kitsune is so crazy with a being's scent. Maybe because the smelling scent of the kitsune is so powerful. Though he could not object to the women the kitsune chose to bed, they all happen to be good-looking and sweet-smelling, this time he thinks his friend had gone too far. Imagine lusting a woman you haven't seen first, only for the mere fact that she smells good? How ridiculous!
Kurama's chuckle cut through his thoughts. "I'd say you've just given me a compliment. It's a good thing you don't bed a woman because of her scent lest I would spend my days hiding from you if you decided to bed me."
Kuronue rolled his eyes heavenward. "Puh-lease, if ever that craziness of yours hits me, I'll try to bed real women not men who smells like a woman."
"Sure, sure, whatever you say, lover boy," Kurama said and winked at him just the way he did when he's flirting with women.
Blood drained from Kuronue's face. "Hey, kitsune, you aren't turning into something I was thinking, right?"
"What were you thinking?" Kurama said huskily, determined to scare the wits out of his friend.
Kuronue swallowed hard. "You aren't preferring men over women in your bed now, aren't you?" he asked. He's more scared of his friend now. He'd rather have him furious with him rather than be like this.
Kurama began to laugh but was cut short when he heard a splash nearby. His ears twitched as he followed the sound, with Kuronue following behind him, already hearing the sounds the kitsune had been hearing since the distance is not that far already.
When Kurama stopped walking, they were already in a place where they can see the river. Since Kurama is blocking Kuronue from the view, he stepped sideways to look but he almost screamed when Kurama covered his eyes.
"What are you doing kitsune? You're beginning to scare the wits out of me," Kuronue said almost hysterically and when Kurama did not answer, he panicked. "Come on, kitsune, this is not funny anymore. You didn't turn gay last night, right?"
"Quiet, Kuron, she'll hear you!" Kurama ordered with that normal voice he's using when ordering his subordinates around.
Kuronue sighed with relief. He almost thought the kitsune had gone some drastic changes. Whew! He shuddered just thinking of them mating. But then, why is he still covering his eyes? "Uh, Kurama, can you at least tell me why you're still covering my eyes?"
"You'll see her," Kurama answered simply.
"Damn right, I will. Why'd you think I came here in the first place? To listen to her footsteps and smell her?" Kuronue said exasperated. For all that the kitsune was smart, he's so dumb sometimes.
"She's indecent."
"So, when did that stopped me?" Kuronue said even before he could digest what the kitsune had just said. "And what do you mean she's indecent?"
He heard Kurama took a deep breath. "She's taking a bath and she's - nude."
"The more I have to see her," Kuronue said impatiently as he tried to tear his friend's hand away from his eyes.
"No."
"No? Come on, man, don't be selfish. I want to see her," Kuronue urged and when Kurama did not reply. "If you don't get that damned hand of yours away from my face, I'm going to scream to let your woodland fairy know you're peeping at her," Kuronue warned. He tried hard not to smile when Kurama took off his hands. It's damned rare to outstubborn and outargue that kitsune.
But then, his eyesight is blurred from the tightness of Kurama's hands covering his eyes, he couldn't see a thing, he had to blink several times to get his vision back. After about trying for the tenth time, his eyesight cleared and saw the woman by the river. "Holy Shit!"
Kurama ducked and pulled Kuronue before the woman could spot them. Kurama glared at Kuronue and angrily, "Told you it's better to keep your eyes covered. Why'd the hell did you yell like that?"
But Kuronue only turned to him irritated. "You should have warned me what a damn beauty she is!"
Kurama only smirked. "Don't tell me you haven't seen someone as beautiful as she is?"
"Why? Have you seen someone as beautiful as her already?" Kuronue countered.
"No, but at least I didn't yell like a baka when I first saw her," Kurama mocked.
Kuronue was about to say something catty but changed his mind when he saw from the holes between the bush they're hiding, the woman continue to bathe.
Truly, she is a beauty, with ivory colored skin that he knows would feel silky. She just has the slim figure, perfect in the eyes of the two lords watching her and breasts of the perfect size. Not small but also not too big. And though the water hid from them the womanhood and the legs of the woman, Kuronue knows Kurama's palms are already getting sweaty just imagining it. Aside from that, the woman has silky blue hair, an odd color but nevertheless suited her angel-like face just fine. Oh, lord, she was perfect.
"Hey, Kuronue, why don't you go back to the keep and see to it that everything is still in order," Kurama suggested, his voice hoarse from watching the woman bathe. No doubt, Kurama already decided to make the woman his.
He shrugged. Though he will admit the woman is one hell of a beauty, she didn't appeal to him like she did to Kurama. He'd learned long ago that beautiful women who knows they're beautiful want attachments, especially from high-ranking youko such as him.
So, as for the woman by the river, no thanks, he'll have to pass up this one. He'll just give her to the kitsune, after all, he's really the one who saw her first. Let him worry about the attachments the woman brings.
So, Kuronue, after throwing one last look at the woman, stood up and started walking away then turned around and faced the kitsune.
"Will you be gone long?" he asked. Usually, the kitsune spend about five days with a woman before he could be satisfied. This time, it might take a lot longer judging from the look of Kurama's eyes.
"No, I'll follow you shortly," Kurama said, not even tearing his gaze off the woman.
"No? What do you plan to do with her?" Kuronue asked, confused. His lord isn't thinking about bringing the woman in their keep, right? That would be one hell of a trouble.
Kurama finally looked at him, his eyes dancing in mischief as he smiled at him, "Kuron, my friend, don't you think it's time for me to go get myself a wife?"
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Well, how about that for a start? This, by far, is the longest chapter I've ever written. I had fun writing about Kurama and Kuronue and I have long ago wanted to explore their friendship even since I saw the movie. Reviews, by the way!!!
DISCLAIMERS: I DON'T OWN YUYU HAKUSHO, AS IF I HAVEN'T SAID THAT A THOUSAND TIMES ALREADY!!!
CHAPTER 1: SWEET-SMELLING WOMAN
"My lord, a stranger was seen roaming around your keep," Olic reported as he kneeled in front of his lord.
Instantly, Youko Kurama stood up, his eyes blazing with anger. "How stupid can you get, you fool? How could he enter the gates?"
Olic flinched. Youko Kurama seldom gets angry though he's always cold towards them. "No, my lord, the stranger was seen on your forest," he said, his voice still smooth, not showing any fear.
"Ah, and how many are they?" Kurama said and sat down again, his elbow resting at the arms of his throne, as he massaged his temple.
"Only one, sire," Olic mumbled and looked down. No doubt, the lord will get mad at them for such incompetence.
"Weren't you instructed by Noriem not to call him 'sire' but only 'my lord'?" Kuronue asked as he entered the Great Hall, an apple on his hand as he walked towards Kurama. "What have we got here?" he asked Kurama.
"A stranger had managed to get inside our forest," Kurama answered, irritation in his voice. "How many did you said are they?" he asked Olic again.
"Only one, my lord," Olic said, correcting his previous mistake.
"And you didn't manage to catch him? Are you that incompetent?" Kurama bellowed then turned to Kuronue. "Call all our guards and banish them from our territory this very instant!"
"But, my lord, the stranger was a lady, we cannot possibly arrest her," Olic explained patiently.
Both Kuronue and Kurama halted and turned to look at the still- kneeling Olic. "Repeat what you said," Kurama ordered authoritatively.
"The stranger was a woman, sire-er, my lord," Olic said, suddenly nervous. What would the Youko do now?
"Uh-huh, what do we have here now, kitsune? Probably another one of your women?" Kuronue teased.
"Shut up!"
But Kuronue only laughed. When Kurama glared at him, he laughed harder. Being one of the assistants of Kurama and a childhood friend, he need not give proper respect to the owner of the keep. He could tease and kid him around and not receive a punishment in return. And now is no exception.
"Come on, kitsune, don't be childish. You can't afford it," Kuronue teased.
His ears started twitching, a sign, he's getting irritated, as he stood up and glared at his friend. "I am childish and I can damn well afford it!"
"Yare, yare, so you can afford it. Why don't we just go see your woman, ne?" Kuronue said, still smiling then turned to the kneeling Olic. "Stand up and show us the way," he said and began to follow Olic as he lead the way.
"When they arrived at the border of the youko's forest, there was no one to see and Olic began to feel nervous. Having the Youko Kurama got mad was bad enough but the lord and Kuronue getting mad would be like a sentence to someone's life. Good thing Reilan was out, hunting lest he'd really be dead meat.
Kuronue looked at him impatiently. "Are you playing with us, Olic? We have other important things to do, you know," he said and glared at him, his eyes, oh so cold.
Olic was suddenly frightened. Kuronue seldom gets angry. Among the three lords, Kuronue is the easiest to get along with. "No, sire. I swear I'm telling the truth. There was really a woman here."
Olic would have smiled when he saw Kuronue calmed down but he was wrong. "Then were the hell is the damned woman?" Kuronue bellowed.
"Shhh! Keep quiet," Kurama said as his ears twitched, not really caring about what's happening to Kuronue and one of his guards, Olic.
But Kuronue, so mad for being played with a lesser youko, couldn't understand what's Kurama trying to do. It's not like Kurama to interrupt when he is busy training, lecturing or punishing their troops. The kitsune even liked it that way, it lessens his obligation. So he humored him by doing exactly what he said, he shut his mouth up.
And when he did, a distant sound from outside their territory made him look at the kitsune who's seriously listening to the sound. Obviously, with his keen kitsune senses, he could hear better what the sound is all about.
"What is it?" Kuronue asked, almost whispering so as not to interrupt the youko.
"Go back to your post, Olic," Kurama said, not answering Kuronue's question that it irritated him. Olic, however, scurried away, glad to be away from his two lords.
"What is it?" Kuronue asked again, a little louder this time. He will not be ignored, that he vowed.
"Shhh." Was all Kurama said but Kuronue would not be ignored any longer.
"What the hell is going on, kitsune? You know I can't hear a damn thing!" Kuronue snapped, his temper exploding.
That's when Kurama decided to give his oh, so precious attention to his friend. "Lower your voice, will you? She might hear you," Kurama said, not bothering to look at him.
"She? What are you talking about? Is it the lady is talking about?" Kuronue once again asked. He can't seem to understand the meaning of the words keep quiet.
"Damn it, Kuronue! If the woman hears you, I'm going to kill you," Kurama said, exasperated.
But Kuronue only smiled at him. How many times had Kurama threatened to kill him since they were young? But now, he's still alive.
"You've seen her already?" he asked his lord again. It was odd that the kitsune give this woman this much curiosity.
"Iie, but we're near her already," Kurama answered as he treaded a path all the while, sniffing for her scent.
Kuronue was busily following his friend that when the kitsune stopped suddenly, he bumped into him. "Watch it!" Kuronue said.
"Gomen," Kurama mumbled and sniffed the air again but still he refused to move.
"Hey, what is it?" Kuronue asked. He hated this, it makes him feel like an invalid. So dependent with the kitsune's senses for something or someone they're looking for.
"Can't you smell it?" Kurama asked as he continued to sniff the air. Oh, how lovely the scent of the woman is.
"Iie. I wouldn't ask you if I could, right?" Kuronue said and looked at the kitsune's back since the latter won't even turn around when speaking to him.
"She smells so good," Kurama said almost dreamily that Kuronue almost gagged.
"Quit acting like that, kitsune. You look like a boy who's only beginning his puberty, " he said, mildly irritated.
"But she really smells wonderful, like the spring and sunshine," Kurama said in that kind of tone again. He was easily attracted to women who really smell good. Their looks are only a bonus. And this woman, hell, he'd do anything to get her in his bed, no matter what the consequence is.
"Sure, sure. So she smells good. Now you're lusting for a woman again. For all we know she looks like a witch. Oh, come on, kitsune, get over your infatuation with scents. Besides, you yourself smell good. Why don't you just go and smell yourself 'til your dying day?" Kuronue said disgustingly. He really couldn't understand why the kitsune is so crazy with a being's scent. Maybe because the smelling scent of the kitsune is so powerful. Though he could not object to the women the kitsune chose to bed, they all happen to be good-looking and sweet-smelling, this time he thinks his friend had gone too far. Imagine lusting a woman you haven't seen first, only for the mere fact that she smells good? How ridiculous!
Kurama's chuckle cut through his thoughts. "I'd say you've just given me a compliment. It's a good thing you don't bed a woman because of her scent lest I would spend my days hiding from you if you decided to bed me."
Kuronue rolled his eyes heavenward. "Puh-lease, if ever that craziness of yours hits me, I'll try to bed real women not men who smells like a woman."
"Sure, sure, whatever you say, lover boy," Kurama said and winked at him just the way he did when he's flirting with women.
Blood drained from Kuronue's face. "Hey, kitsune, you aren't turning into something I was thinking, right?"
"What were you thinking?" Kurama said huskily, determined to scare the wits out of his friend.
Kuronue swallowed hard. "You aren't preferring men over women in your bed now, aren't you?" he asked. He's more scared of his friend now. He'd rather have him furious with him rather than be like this.
Kurama began to laugh but was cut short when he heard a splash nearby. His ears twitched as he followed the sound, with Kuronue following behind him, already hearing the sounds the kitsune had been hearing since the distance is not that far already.
When Kurama stopped walking, they were already in a place where they can see the river. Since Kurama is blocking Kuronue from the view, he stepped sideways to look but he almost screamed when Kurama covered his eyes.
"What are you doing kitsune? You're beginning to scare the wits out of me," Kuronue said almost hysterically and when Kurama did not answer, he panicked. "Come on, kitsune, this is not funny anymore. You didn't turn gay last night, right?"
"Quiet, Kuron, she'll hear you!" Kurama ordered with that normal voice he's using when ordering his subordinates around.
Kuronue sighed with relief. He almost thought the kitsune had gone some drastic changes. Whew! He shuddered just thinking of them mating. But then, why is he still covering his eyes? "Uh, Kurama, can you at least tell me why you're still covering my eyes?"
"You'll see her," Kurama answered simply.
"Damn right, I will. Why'd you think I came here in the first place? To listen to her footsteps and smell her?" Kuronue said exasperated. For all that the kitsune was smart, he's so dumb sometimes.
"She's indecent."
"So, when did that stopped me?" Kuronue said even before he could digest what the kitsune had just said. "And what do you mean she's indecent?"
He heard Kurama took a deep breath. "She's taking a bath and she's - nude."
"The more I have to see her," Kuronue said impatiently as he tried to tear his friend's hand away from his eyes.
"No."
"No? Come on, man, don't be selfish. I want to see her," Kuronue urged and when Kurama did not reply. "If you don't get that damned hand of yours away from my face, I'm going to scream to let your woodland fairy know you're peeping at her," Kuronue warned. He tried hard not to smile when Kurama took off his hands. It's damned rare to outstubborn and outargue that kitsune.
But then, his eyesight is blurred from the tightness of Kurama's hands covering his eyes, he couldn't see a thing, he had to blink several times to get his vision back. After about trying for the tenth time, his eyesight cleared and saw the woman by the river. "Holy Shit!"
Kurama ducked and pulled Kuronue before the woman could spot them. Kurama glared at Kuronue and angrily, "Told you it's better to keep your eyes covered. Why'd the hell did you yell like that?"
But Kuronue only turned to him irritated. "You should have warned me what a damn beauty she is!"
Kurama only smirked. "Don't tell me you haven't seen someone as beautiful as she is?"
"Why? Have you seen someone as beautiful as her already?" Kuronue countered.
"No, but at least I didn't yell like a baka when I first saw her," Kurama mocked.
Kuronue was about to say something catty but changed his mind when he saw from the holes between the bush they're hiding, the woman continue to bathe.
Truly, she is a beauty, with ivory colored skin that he knows would feel silky. She just has the slim figure, perfect in the eyes of the two lords watching her and breasts of the perfect size. Not small but also not too big. And though the water hid from them the womanhood and the legs of the woman, Kuronue knows Kurama's palms are already getting sweaty just imagining it. Aside from that, the woman has silky blue hair, an odd color but nevertheless suited her angel-like face just fine. Oh, lord, she was perfect.
"Hey, Kuronue, why don't you go back to the keep and see to it that everything is still in order," Kurama suggested, his voice hoarse from watching the woman bathe. No doubt, Kurama already decided to make the woman his.
He shrugged. Though he will admit the woman is one hell of a beauty, she didn't appeal to him like she did to Kurama. He'd learned long ago that beautiful women who knows they're beautiful want attachments, especially from high-ranking youko such as him.
So, as for the woman by the river, no thanks, he'll have to pass up this one. He'll just give her to the kitsune, after all, he's really the one who saw her first. Let him worry about the attachments the woman brings.
So, Kuronue, after throwing one last look at the woman, stood up and started walking away then turned around and faced the kitsune.
"Will you be gone long?" he asked. Usually, the kitsune spend about five days with a woman before he could be satisfied. This time, it might take a lot longer judging from the look of Kurama's eyes.
"No, I'll follow you shortly," Kurama said, not even tearing his gaze off the woman.
"No? What do you plan to do with her?" Kuronue asked, confused. His lord isn't thinking about bringing the woman in their keep, right? That would be one hell of a trouble.
Kurama finally looked at him, his eyes dancing in mischief as he smiled at him, "Kuron, my friend, don't you think it's time for me to go get myself a wife?"
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Well, how about that for a start? This, by far, is the longest chapter I've ever written. I had fun writing about Kurama and Kuronue and I have long ago wanted to explore their friendship even since I saw the movie. Reviews, by the way!!!