Hello! This was going to be a short one shot, but in the interest of time I'm dividing this baby up! You all suffered your Hieibara withdrawls long enough, salvation is at hand! -ahem- enjoy

Special shout out to the old click, I know we don't write much anymore, but I always look for your stories

nurdgurl714, DarkDragonDreamer, Azriellia, calikocat, AlyssaLies28, half-a-recess, Time on my hands

I know i've left some people out, but I'm having trouble finding people; I know there are a good amount of us out there... There needs to be more...

"Kazuma, wait up!" The bell had barely rung, and Kuwabara Kazuma had sprung up from his seat, strategically picked due to its

proximity to the exit, and bolted out the door. In his haste he stumble a bit and grabbed the entry way to gain his balance, "Gomen!"

he waved to his friends who were shocked at his rush, "I'm in a hurry! We'll hang out tomorrow!"

The day could not be any more beautiful, he thought as he cleared the fence of his campus in a single athletic bound. He had been

waiting for this day for over a month. Instead of hitting the ground on the other side of the border, he landed square on, one Yuusuke

Urameshi. The boys fell over together in a heap of tangled limbs. Kuwabara was first to rise, and help Urameshi to his feet. He was so

excited he was transferring his weight from foot to foot, as if his energy was hopelessly looking for a way out of his body.

"Urameshi, what's going on?" Kuwabara said with a huge grin, and as if an after thought added, "sorry 'bout that." Kuwabara was

surprised to find, instead of finding an angry pissed off Yuusuke, a Yuusuke wearing a a grin that equaled the spriteliness of Kuwabara's.

"I'm on my way to see Keiko. It's easiest to cut across the University. I don't know what it is with me today, but I just want to see her,

she's all I can think about. I want to buy her something nice, yanno? Maybe take her to the beach, she deserves it."

"I'm surprised you aren't with her already!" Kuwabara chided knowingly.

"What do you mean?"

Kuwabara tilted his head slightly and furrowed his eyebrows, "Today is Wairudorabu, don't you know?"

Yusuke looked at Kuwabara blankly, "... What the hell is that?"

~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kuwabara arms locked onto the seat, used his legs to propel Kurama's wheely desk chair in a circle. He picked up his feet at the room

spun around him.

"Well, if you're going to give up on this assignment just say so," Kurama said as he watched Kuwabara's attention drift further and

further from its rightful place on the page.

"Sorry," He said sheepishly, the after a moment of silence continued, "It's just that... well. One time Hiei got flustered over an

expression I used. I didn't realize why he was so worked up over it. It was, " A penny for your thoughts" and he sort of went on this

pensive monologue about not understanding humans. I sort of realized the other day exactly what he meant, when I jokingly used the

word 'mate' and he got really serious..."

"Mating is not something to be taken lightly,"

"Yeah well!" Kuwabara raised his hands palms up, "how was I supposed to know?!" he said clearly exasperated. Kurama put his hands

up in defense, "I know, maintaining a relationship with two very different upbringings ... species... can be difficult."

"Well, shit Kurama, help a brother out. You're the unofficial human-demon liaison!"

"Yes, I suppose that is true. Well, here's something, in the middle of May there is a ... well, I don't want to use the word "holiday", but

it's the most convenient definition of the moment, anyhow- years ago when demons and humans lived in the same plane of existence,

demons were the dominant species, using humans as they pleased- food, sex, slaves, what have you."

Kuwabara sat silently knowing Kurama would get to his point.

"Eventually, humans found their own ways to defend themselves. One particularly powerful priestess studied her entire life to create a

curse to place on demons. The "curse" as it were, was that once a year all demons would feel love and empathy above all other

emotions."

Kuwabara huffed at the anticlimactic answer, "What kind of curse is that? That doesn't seem so bad."

Kurama chuckled, "Right there is an obvious example of the differences between humans and demons; any demon that heard the

ramifications of that curse would be disgusted. Anyway, that curse is older than I am, they say that it's lost its power over the years,

but most of us still feel it. Especially those that are close to humans, to begin with."

Kuwabara looked at Kurama, with fascination, "What will you be doing on that day?" Kurama put his head in his hand, and spoke softly,

"Oh, probably spend it with Mother, I always try to make her feel like I love her, especially since I was such a belligerent, recalcitrant

child. It would behoove you, however, to spend that day, Wairudorabu, with Hiei. He will be ... particularly affectionate that day."

Kuwabara literally jumped out of his chair, snapping Kurama out of his monotonous explanation. He had a determined look on his face.

"That's perfect! I'll make it the best Demon- Valentine's day ever! I'll start working on it now!"

"But Kuwabara!" He sputtered as his friend charged out the door, "... it's not until May.." But it was too late, Kuwabara had left the

building. " Ah, well- young love."

~~~~~~~~flashback ended~~~~~~~~~~~~

"So basically, " Kuwabara began again after finishing the retelling of Wairudorabu to Yuusuke, "Now that you're a reborn demon

weirdo, you're probably feeling the vibes of the holiday."

"Yuusuke?" Yuusuke was looking off into the distance with a peaceful smile on his face. "Yuusuke!"

"Huh? Oh, sorry I was thinking about Keiko." Yuusuke showed no sign that he had heard a word Kuwabara said until,

"Damn, I wish this demon bullshit came with a guidance manual or something- whatever see ya chump!"

It was just as well, Kuwabara was looking forward to getting home as soon as possible, and Yuusuke was obviously off in La-La Land.

If Yuusuke was acting this love struck, I wonder what Hiei's going to act like?

"Don't be a fool, wrap your tool! I'm assuming you'll be hanging out with Hiei!" Yuusuke yelled over his shoulder as he ran.

'God I hope he trips,' Kuwabara glared, however, his face lightened up as he remembered the task at hand. Slamming fist into palm,

Kuwabara grabbed his backpack off the ground and charged home.