Happy For Her?
Kurama finds out that Shiori is getting married, and he's delighted at the news. Until he gets wind of a few rumors about his mother's fiancee...and he's prepared to go to any lengths that it takes to break the two up. (Featuring Hiei as his partner in crime, no-yaoi...unless you want it)
Setting: Sometime (what time, who knows, doesn't really matter) around the Chapter Black arc.
Disclaimer: ...Yeah...er...uh...I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho...yeeeesireeeBob...I don't...nope...it's, not, mine...

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"Remind me again why you felt the need to interrupt my sleep." Hiei said, leaning against a tree in the city park. It was nighttime and the only thing that gave off any illumination was the empty new moon. Hiei looked bored, which was an excellent mask for the slight confusion he felt towards the situation.

Kurama took a deep breath, he was never one to take impulsive, drastic measures...but this was his mother--the woman that had showed him love and he would do anything for her. But it was near impossible to utter the words that were so vital to the situation. And the one word he'd been able to get out didn't help Hiei in determining exactly why his ally had requested his presence.

"Him." That was the only word that Kurama could say.

There was so much more behind the word of course. "Him" was his mother's fiancee. His future step father. "Him" didn't sound so bad at all.

The problem with "him" was that he'd been saying it repeatedly for several minutes now.

"If you're not going to tell me then I'll be going now," Hiei said, patience had never been his strong point.

"She's getting married."

Hiei blinked but fortunately Kurama continued, "It's a tradition on ningenkai...when two...lovers...feel the need to strengthen a bond they become mates, generally for life unless they die--like my ningen father--or are unhappy and divorce."
"Your point?" Hiei asked with a raised eyebrow.

"He..." Kurama began, it was no better than 'him' if you dismissed the change of tense.

"I've heard things about the man my mother is engaged to," Kurama said, "He's not the man he appears to be."
Hiei said nothing.
"There are several things about him that I find questionable...and overall disturbing...things that I don't think my mother should have to accept."
Hiei still said nothing.
"I think that I should protect her from this before she gets in too deep and over her head in an unrequited love--or an untruthful love at least."
Silence from the youkai.
"And I think I'll need your help."
And that's when Hiei spoke, "I don't have much of an interest in your domestic affairs."

Kurama sighed. It was nearly midnight and tomorrow was a Monday which translated into the first day of what could (would) be a long a week of school. The last thing he wanted to do was have to beg the youkai standing in front of him for assistance.
"I don't require much of you. I've got confirmation that the information is true. All I need is someone for aid here and there--it doesn't neccessarily have to be a daily job."

"I've got better things to do with my time," Hiei replied simply.
Kurama sighed, "Like what?"
There was a long pause where Hiei said nothing. Apparently, the uses for his time were not as plentiful as he implied.
Hiei glanced at the former youkai for a long second. His jagan eye was alerting him of upset emotions within the fox's mind.
"I'll do it," Hiei said simply. "As long as it doesn't begin tonight--you've interrupted my sleep enough already."

"Thank you, Hiei," Kurama replied, "I'll be back sometime tomorrow evening."
A simple 'hn' was the only answer he received as Hiei leapt back into his tree and Kurama himself departed for home.

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(Note: this is my first YYH fic, I'd like some criticism --the constructive kind-- so I could know if the characters are OOC or any other problems that might have occurred within this fiction that you think I should know