Disclaimer: ah, you people know the drill. I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho...or Hiei...BUT I WISH I DID!

Hiei: She's insane...

Fugen: NO I'M NOT! I JUST WANNA OWN YOU!

Hiei: Hell anyone *owns* me!

Kurama: Oh Hiei...

Hiei: *urk* help...

Fugen: All Hiei fans, HANDS OFF! HE'S MINE! Well, he can be yours too, providing that you won't eat him and not leave any part of him for me.

Ever so softly Hiei sighed. He ran his fingers through his hair, which had grown long and sleek in the past seven years. But his unchanged eyes raked through the ningen city where the idiot, Yusuke, and a certain redhead all lived. As the wind made his black clothes flap and envelop his body, Hiei frowned. Would the others recognize him? It hadn't even been a decade, and he had changed so much in terms of physical appearance. A bit of nervousness running through him, Hiei wondered if Kurama would recognize him, and still think of him as the same as when he had left.

*Flashback*

" You're...leaving?"

" What'd you think I said, fox?"

" But..." Kurama bit his lower lip. For some reason he looked frightened and almost desperate. Hiei pressed, " But what?"

Some kind of struggle went on inside of the fox, which was visible for a second on his beautiful face. Finally Kurama lifted his head and smiled faintly, saying, " Nothing. I just want you to know that you're always welcome here. Whenever you decide to come back, even if it's just for a short vacation, I'll be waiting here...for you."

" Hn."

*End flashback*

Frowning still, Hiei vanished from where he stood on the rooftop. It was time to find out.

Kurama: Can you at least leave me a bit of him?

Fugen: Sure. There's plenty of him for everyone.

Kurama: Yay!

Hiei: Cannibals...