Hey all! It's me again! Yeah. This was originally a fic I was doing for an arc on I decided to move it here though as well, because the first story has no lemon or really anything bad in it. Except yaoi, which if you dun like that, scoot.

Disclaimer;; If I owned these characters, I seriously wouldn't be writing this, I'd be making many yaoi moments between our beloved members of Yu Yu. -sigh-

Warnings;; Yaoi, HieiKuwa pairing, YusKurama pairing. Ahm...a little swearing I believe, and I think that might be it.

Well...anyway, onto the story!

Chapter 1; All Alone
By;; Rakki-Gesakusha

Hiei's eyes felt heavy even though he knew they shouldn't feel so. He knew that he had been sleeping for a very long time. Blinking them open, he was instantly greeted by the flashing light of bright sunlight. How late, exactly, had he slept? His crimson eyes wandered about the room landing on a clock that he had somehow known was there. The red numbers read back to him an electronic; 11:30. Even as his eyes landed upon the clock the zero upon it switched from a 0 to a 1 making it 11:31. Shifting lazily, the red eyes slid close as he rested some more.

In a hazy remembrance, he felt the shifting of a large body behind him, and a face snuffled against his hair. "Good morning Hotaru" It whispered in a deep tone, small pieces of Hiei's hair stirred slightly as the breath blew by it on the escape trip from the speakers mouth. Hiei, though he couldn't name who this person was, knew him. He had been with him for a while, and the voice sounded very familiar but he couldn't place it with a face. This didn't bother him though, for he simply nodded and mumbled a morning back to the other as he felt a strong arm slip around his thin waist and pull him even closer. "Did you sleep well?" The voice then questioned and Hiei nodded his head. "Good." It whispered, the breath now caressing the cheek as the male bent his head to leave soft kisses upon Hiei's shoulder.

This felt familiar...who was this male? Why did this feel so familiar? He knew and yet he didn't. Closing his red eyes he left the other to kiss at his neck while he thought about who this, possibly, could be. "What is wrong, my love?" The voice posed the question, pulling back from the kisses he had been littering along the fire boys shoulder and soft neck.

That single word echoed in Hiei's mind...Love...Love...Who was this person? Who was this male who loved him? "I don't even remember who you are..." Hiei's voice returned, not breaking the whispers that the one who apparently loved him had been speaking in naught but moments before.

The voice released a chuckle that made a shiver run up and down Hiei's spine. It wasn't disturbing or anything...just one that he most definitely recognized but, again, couldn't place. "You know who I am, Hiei." The voice responded. Silence filled the room as Hiei worked to think of this. Who was he? He wanted to know. He HAD to know. It was a question that wouldn't stop until he knew. This love...it was addicting. He wanted to know who it was. Turning Hiei's face ever so slightly, the others face bore down into his. Slowly the features came into view. "Hiei...It's me, -"

He then woke up.

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Bright sunlight filled his eyes for the second time as his eyes opened to peek out at the new day. With a groan, Hiei pushed himself up more into a much better position, leaning against the trunk of a tree. He had become so accustomed to sleeping in a bed or on a couch, but he couldn't anymore. Recently, Yusuke and Kurama have found out their love for each other, and now he was stuck sleeping, once more, in the trees.

On top of this, his clothing was rather wet now for it had rained last night. He had found comfort and warmth as best as he could in the tree, but he was still rather damp from the rain. Luckily he could easy change this by simply raising his body temperature and drying his clothes. Had his body actually been wet, he would have been helpless. He couldn't call forth a flame if he was wet.

He now had a slight migraine, caused by the bright sunlight shining right into his eyes. Though his mind was still clear enough for him to curse himself for waking up. He gave a quick search with his ki to try and find what could have possibly woken him up. He found nothing. He growled to himself. He had almost figured out who it was that he was having those dreams about, but he had just failed, again. Every time he got close to figuring it out, something woke him up.

This had been the closest of all the times, about a weeks worth of dreams or so, and he had been having this dream every night. Almost the second he closed his eyes, he was transported to the dream world of this male who claimed to love him. He didn't know who it could possibly be. It could be four males that he knew of...Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara, or KoEnma. It couldn't be the first two because they were together, and so neither one could have loved him, and the last two both hated him. KoEnma had always wished that Hiei hadn't accepted the agreement to go and join the team so he could have locked him up in jail. As for Kuwabara...well...he couldn't do anything around the other without him giving some sort of comment about how much he bugged him.

So he was stuck. He didn't know any others that could POSSIABLY be in the dream. He had thought about it a lot, and he had at one point decided that it was Kitsune, but it couldn't be. Kurama loved Yusuke, Kurama had told him countless times in the talks he had with him, which was mostly Kurama talking anyway. Then he thought that perhaps it was Yusuke? Nope. The Spiritual Detective eventually told Hiei, right before he got together with the Kitsune actually, that he had liked Kurama for a long time. When he had said this, Hiei had given him an odd look that plainly asked why he would care. But Yusuke must have been trying to see if Kurama and him were together for when he got that look, he grinned and walked away, leaving a very confused Hiei. That night, Kurama had told him that Yusuke had come over and admitted his feelings. As far as the other two...well...he hadn't even TRIED those. But he had an idea that KoEnma had a thing for Botan. Call it a feeling.

As far as Kuwabara, well Yukina had dumped him for another demon that she had met. At first Hiei had been happy that she was going to be with a demon that could actually protect her. But then he realized that she, like Kurama, was now lost even more to him. Not only could he not tell her about their relationship, he couldn't just randomly stop by and speak to her for she was currently working out her relationship. Not only that, but she would be giving birth to her first child through immaculate means. This was a big deal, and Hiei didn't want to ship any of his problems onto her shoulders. As for Kurama, well...he was just to busy in his feelings and expressions of said feelings for Yusuke. It was to much of a pain to try and explain his feelings in front of the other while he was either drooling over a picture of Yusuke, or a memory, or the actual male. Hiei didn't want Yusuke to know so much of his feelings.

So now he just kind of remained silent. Everything was stored inside like it used to be when he was alone. Though now that he had been able, at one point, to tell someone of his problems, it was so much harder to hide them. But he had somehow managed to do so.

His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by one rather loud, and unerringly chipper, grim reaper. "Good morning Hiei!" She chirped seemingly appearing out of no where, and damn near making Hiei crash to the earth below. At least she hadn't used that blasted whistle. But either way, her rather bothersome entrance earned her a glare. She just gave him a grin and said, "KoEnma has a mission for you and the others. They are already on their way. None of them could find you." She told him. With a nod, he told her he would be there in a little bit.

He had disappeared in a displacement of air before the other could offer him a ride. That thing always made him uneasy. Sure he could jump from tree to tree, or run along tree branches quicker then the speed of light or whatever, but it was STILL unnatural to fly between worlds and he wanted to be no part of it. As far as what she had said, he doubted whether any of the others had truly looked. Kurama could have easily found him, but he wasn't sure the red head would leave Yusuke yet long enough to come and find him and vice versa for Yusuke. Don't even start on Kuwabara.

xXxXxXxXxXx KoEnma's Office xXxXxXxXxXx

Hiei stepped into the room, and the eyes of three people turned to look at him for a moment, before they turned back to the Demi-God. "Nice of you to join us, Hiei." KoEnma began getting an appropiate 'hn' from Hiei. Yusuke and Kurama's chairs had been moved closer, and one of them had boldly taken the others hand in their own, entwining their fingers. Kuwabara glanced at them for a moment before his eyes rolled and he turned back to the other. Hiei moved forward, stopping to stand besides Kuwabara chair, though he was a respectful distance...ok more then that but far enough away that the other wouldn't get annoyed.

"Ok, there is currently a demon terrorizing the northern part of demon world. We don't know very much about it-" When did they ever? "-but we do know that it is a S-class, and it has a lot of lower class demons fighting beneath it." The others nodded their heads in understanding as KoEnma continued. "The lower class demons should be easy to kill, but this demon...he is strong and won't fall easy. You must kill him. It is to risky keeping him alive." KoEnma explained. "The portal will take you about three miles from the others territory. From there you will be on your own." He explained.

They glanced about at each other, none seeming to concerned about this. They had taken our S-class demons before. They could do so now. "Is there anything particular that makes this demon so...horrible?" Yusuke piped up, Kurama and Kuwabara nodding their heads in agreement to this question.

"He Sucrets a poison on every attack, and it only causes even more pain and injury when it hurts you. Not only this, but he can supposedly multiply himself. There is no doubt that you each will end up fighting one of him." He explained.

Yusuke smiled slightly, "Good...we'll each get something to do this time." He exclaimed. Kuwabara backed him up with a laugh. Apparently he agreed with this. But even Hiei gave a nod of agreement, though his own feelings weren't seen.

"What if one of us gets hurt or needs assistance?" Their red headed companion pointed out, looking specifically to Yusuke at this point. Apparently he was most worried about Yusuke getting hurt, but Kuwabara and Hiei got their fair share of wounds as well.

Hiei gave his own opinion on this comment before Yusuke could reassure Kurama though. His response went along the lines of a snort and a mutter of, "Only the idiot would need to be worried about that."

This, in turn, caused Kuwabara to glare at his shorter partner and give an annoyed retort of, "You won't be saying that when I, The Great Kazuma Kuwabara, has to rescue you, shorty." The last word wasn't needed, for just the point that Hiei would even NEED Kuwabaras help had Hiei going over the edge. Never would he ask Kuwabara for help!

With a growl, Hiei opened his mouth to give a retort, but he was silenced by the red headed fox-turned-human. "You two...-" He gave an appropiate sigh here. "-...Now is not the time. We need to get ready to go." He looked between the two of them, giving a look that stopped just short of a motherly 'Play Nice Children.' Honestly, his role half the time seemed more like that of a mother stopping squabbles among these two then as a teammate. To make things even worse, he knew deep down each of them respected the other.

Hiei, who had beaten down so many times, could respect anyone who didn't let it get them down. So many times Kuwabara had been defeated by humans and demons alike, and he bounced back every time. He came at every single fight the same, as if he hadn't learned a single thing. But this, too, was wrong for he grew stronger after each fight. All of them had noticed this. Yes, Kuwabara knew that he was the weakest of the team members, and even this didn't bother him. The other three were demons, well...Yusuke was only half, but he still had demonic blood in him. Kuwabara was a pure human. But as a human, he was almost scarily strong. This was what had impressed Hiei and gave him a deep respect of the other.

As for Kuwabara, he respected Hiei's strength, of course, but he also respected the fact that he didn't let anything someone else said get to him. So many people teased him and judged him on his height. Yeah...he did too, but he didn't judge Hiei's strength just on his height. He knew the demon could fry him into ashes without much of a thought. Not only this, but Hiei was looked down upon by almost every demon that he faced for his heritage as a fire koorime...as a forbidden child. Not only this, but despite the fact that Hiei seemed like one apt to deserting his comrades in perilous times, he was almost scarily loyal. He had proved countless times to all of them, even Kuwabara whom he didn't truly like as much as the other two, that he was worthy of their trust by protecting them, or taking a hit that was meant for another. As a fighter he was all business and completely fearless. This was the type of fighter that Kazuma wanted to be. In a way, you could almost call Hiei a type of hero. Even if the shrimps attitude annoyed him more then anything else on the planet. Now...he'd never admit this to Hiei for...the demon would probably laugh at him. Yes...actually laugh. But...he felt a small sense of safety around Hiei. While all the others slept, Hiei remained awake to make sure they weren't attacked, and he was constantly scouting to make sure that they didn't get attacked.

Their respects for one another was buried deep within themselves, and never would they speak of it to the other. But someone as sly as Kurama could figure it out. Even Yusuke knew it, and they both talked about it fairly often, for they knew this and wanted, somehow, to get them to admit it to one another.

However, whether they admitted to one another or not was not really important to KoEnma. He just wanted them to bring back the demons he told them to, and kill the ones he told them too. As long as they did that, he didn't care about their relationship. Only when they stopped doing their job good enough would he interfere. "I think it would be best for the four of you to split up into two teams. Then you may scout the area. Just to get an idea of the surrounding area and to estimate how many demons are around. Alright?" It wasn't really a question, but four heads nod in understanding.

Hiei glanced over to Kurama questioningly, expecting to see a pair of green eyes meet his own and a small nod respond to his unasked question. They worked well together, and so he expected Kurama to partner up with him. Except...the nod never came. Kurama wasn't even looking at him. He had green eyes glued on Yusuke, and once brown ones locked onto his and nodded, a smile slid onto the red heads lips. Hiei's gaze traveled to Kuwabara and a slight frown drifted over his lips. He'd have to work with him? He sighed lightly an annoyed feeling coming over him as he saw the looks that Yusuke and Kurama were giving one another. The looks gave him an almost disgusted feeling. No he wasn't jealous. He and Kurama did not share feelings for one another. At least not the ones that Yusuke and Kurama felt for one another. They had, at one point, thought that they did. But they had discovered it hadn't been what they had thought it was.

Hiei was to unsure and insecure about his feelings and Kurama to in tune with his Youko side to allow him time to wait and figure out his feelings. Kurama couldn't wait, and Hiei didn't like to be held, kissed or anything. He didn't even really like being touched to much by the kitsune. Holding hands was completely out of the question, especially in public. Kurama couldn't stand it, but he wasn't patient enough, at least not in this way, to wait for Hiei to get his feelings and his past sorted out. They had come to a sort of mutual agreement that they were not meant to be together. They had left each other on an agreement that they were more like siblings then anything. At first, yeah it had been awkward. But it wasn't really so much anymore. So no...the fact that Kurama now was with Yusuke didn't bother him at all. At least not as much as the fact that Kurama seemed to be walking away from the fact that they were best friends, almost like siblings. He seemed to be forgetting the fact that they were best friends, and totally forgetting about him when around the other. Even when the other wasn't around, he was all Kurama talked about.

Now Hiei didn't exactly consider himself Kurama's brother or anything. Though he did care a lot for Kurama, and he wanted him to be happy just like he wanted Yukina to be, and he knew that Yusuke would do a great job at not only that but at protecting the red head as well, and that was what mattered to him.

All through the time he is considering if he could possibly survive being with Kuwabara for his partner. He had decided that he could. He didn't have to talk to him, and they would be busy and wouldn't be able to talk unless they wanted someone to swoop down on them and attack or at the very least know they were there.

Before he knew it, they had stepped through the portal, KoEnma giving the last bit of advice before he closed it and they were left on their own. Now it was Yusuke's turn to take charge. Turning to the small group he said, "Now, pacifier breath told us it might be a good idea to split up, so why don't we do this, I'll go with Kurama and Kuwabara, you and Hiei go together." He looked at the two of them, obviously expecting a fight, most likely from Hiei though.

Hiei knew it was coming though and just gave a nod, and a snort. Yusuke seems a bit surprised, at least until he turns to Kuwabara. This time, the human glares at him and demands why he has to go with the shorty. "It's because you two need to learn to get along." He muttered and turned away, ending any further discussion.

"Now...we are going to go towards the North-Eastern area, and you two should head towards the North-Western." He said, indicating the two directions with a point of his finger. "Alright?" He muttered.

Hiei gave another nod, and Kuwabara followed suit with his own uneasy one. "Before dark, meet back here and then we can find some place to camp." He advised them, and without another word, him and Kurama disappeared down their designated path.

With a sigh, Hiei turned and began towards theirs. "Keep up, idiot. I'm not slowing down for you." He warned the other. If Kuwabara got left behind it was his fault...he should have walked faster.

Giving a growl, but bearing in mind that if he just ignored Hiei he would eventually become silent and stop tormenting him Kuwabara fell into line behind Hiei.

For a while his plan worked, and both were silent. But Kuwabara forgot how much he hated the silence. So he eventually had to crack it. "Do you think they've found anyone yet?" He asked referring to their two other teammates.

Crimson eyes glanced sidelong at him. For a while he didn't respond before he shook his head. "Most likely not." He told him. "KoEnma said it would be about three miles, we've walked about two." He murmured in estimation. Kuwabara searched for a hint there that Hiei was insinuating that they were walking slow because of him but found none. "Since they seem to be paying to much attention to one another, I doubt they have walked much farther." He explained and Kuwabara gave a nod of understanding.

There was another short silence as Hiei bent to look at a trail -it was the foot prints of hundreds of demons so there wasn't a single full one so it took a bit- before standing and continuing. "We're getting close." He murmured lightly. Giving a nod Kuwabara asked, "Roughly how many do you think there are?"

"Hmm...about two hundred, probably most of which are of the c-class."

Kuwabara gave a gulp at this number and Hiei gave him a dry smirk. "Don't tell me the great "Kazuma Kuwabara" is scared." The tone was meant to sound diminishing, but it ended up almost teasing.

"'Coarse not!" He cried. "I just wasn't' expecting so many." He explained.

Hiei gave a snort that was meant to mean that he didn't quite believe what Kuwabara was saying. "Between the four of us, we can take them out easy. It's this S-class that we have to worry about. Normally it takes all of us to take out one alone." He murmured lightly.

Kuwabara looked over to him. "Well...I mean..I'm sure we can take him out easy. He's probably not all that strong." This caused Hiei to roll his eyes.

"He's an S-Class...he has to have some sort of strength." Hiei pointed out. Turning to face him he gave a frown. "Yeah..well I-" He was shushed by a glare from Hiei. The little demon had ceased walking. Actually he had ceased moving altogether and he was now sitting and listening to something that Kuwabara couldn't hear. Even when Kuwabara strained, nothing caught his senses.

All the sudden he heard a rustling, and out of no where shot a demon straight at him. "Watch out!" This was Hiei's voice, but it was a little late. He was lucky that Hiei was with him. The demon he just managed to grab him right in time of him being caught right in the chest by the demon's attack. Instead it slid along his arm, leaving nothing more then a scratch.

The both stumbled backwards, nearly falling with the force of which Hiei had pulled Kuwabara away. Neither one fell, though for Kuwabara it was only because Hiei kept him level. Turning his blue eyes, Kuwabaras gaze landed upon a tall demon.

He wasn't that bad looking...Wait! It's a guy...isn't it? Like Kurama, the figure had long hair, except his was thick and instead of being red it was a ebony black coloration and hints of natural browns had made it's way into his hair. His eyes were the clearest of gray only a storm seemed to be brewing in them. It took Kuwabara a few moments before he realized that this demon was speaking, but Kuwabara couldn't make out what he was saying. Only seconds after this, he realized that this demon wasn't looking at him, but his eyes were locked on Hiei's. Whatever he was saying, Hiei must have heard him loud and clear for he was staring right back at him. Though he then noticed something strange...Hiei wasn't blinking at all. He was just staring at him. "Hiei?" Kuwabara mumbled. "Hiei, listen to me." He said a bit louder. He got no response from the demon who was just staring at the other. A small smirk developed on the other demons face.

"Come here, Hiei." It whispered in a voice loud enough for Kazuma to hear him. He was stunned when Hiei stepped away from him and made his way over towards the other. He still wasn't blinking or anything just following the others voice.

For some reason, Kuwabara didn't like this. The fact that Hiei was obeying someone like this. "Hiei!" He cried louder, still being ignored. There was a flash of silver as the demon pulled free his sword.

Here Hiei stopped moving, as if suddenly realizing for a brief moment the danger he had been put in. "Come on, little one." The voice said sweetly, trying to coax Hiei back to him. Slowly at first but quickening his pace, Hiei continued on at the beckoning of the voice. "Good boy." The voice practically purred. It was here that Kuwabara realized what the other was doing.

"Hiei! Watch out!" Kuwabara cried. At the same exact time as Kuwabara running out to grab Hiei, the sword shot forward. Hiei got lucky though. Kuwabara got to him just in time to push him so the sword only cut his side right near his stomach. The cut was deep, but it would most likely heal. Instantly the smell of Hiei's blood filled the air.

Almost moments later, Hiei's annoyed voice filled the air, "You Idiot! What are you doing!" He demanded.

"Saving you, apparently." He snapped, only now realizing that he was laying atop the other. Perhaps that was why Hiei had yelled, his side having been wounded rather badly and he was laying his entire weight on it. Pulling himself up he looked about, and frowned as he realized that whoever that was he was gone. Kuwabara gave a growl now understanding. This demon had been sent to destroy the one that would be the worst opponent in a fight between the two of their groups. Apparently he had decided it would be Hiei,at least between him and Hiei, and he had somehow controlled Hiei's mind to get him to trust him. "Are you alright?" He mumbled, turning back to Hiei.

He supposed not, for Hiei's face was twisted in a grimace of pain and he was holding his side. Seeing the others face Hiei managed to hiss through clenched teeth "It stings."

"It might be a good idea to head back. If my thinking is correct, then Yusuke or Kurama might have been attacked." He murmured lightly. He moved to Hiei's side and asked, "Can you walk?"

Hiei nodded his head, giving a snort. "Of course I can." He mumbled. Pulling himself up he almost managed to stand up, but toppled over almost seconds later. Had it not been for Kuwabaras arm he would have found himself in the dirt. Without looking at Kuwabaras face, Hiei gave a hiss of "No."

"You know, you could thank me for saving you. If it hadn't been for me, that demon would probably have killed you." He mumbled lightly. He was currently sliding his arm around the littler male to help support him as they walked. Once secure in the fact that Hiei wouldn't fall, he pulled the others arm around his neck and, bending over slightly to accommodate such a position, he began the slow walk back.

Hiei was limping, and was giving a hiss of pain with every step. He didn't respond right away, because he didn't want to admit that Kuwabara did deserve a thanks. But, luckily, he didn't have to comment for before Kuwabara could press him even more, his leg gave out and he half collapsed, the only part of his body that remained standing was the part that Kuwabara was holding up. "It's worse then I thought." Hiei muttered, pulling his arm slowly free of Kuwabara, before touching the wound tentatively. The large area where blood had soaked in was a darker coloration then the rest of Hiei's cloak. Already, he had lost a lot. "I'll stay here, go and get Kurama so he can come here." He ordered of the human.

"Hiei...what if the demon comes back?" He questioned. There was no way Hiei could defend himself in this position. Especially not against that demon who could apparently control people.

When no reply came, Kuwabara said, "I'll carry you."

He took a step forward, but stopped when he heard a snarl that turned into a growl come from the little demon. "Don't." He ordered. Hiei watched him with a glare. "I'm not that weak." Kuwabara scowled.

"Can't you just stop that. If I leave you here, you'll die. If we wait for the others, you'll die of blood loss. Just get over it for now Hiei." Without another word, he scooped the little demon up and turned back to head down the trail that they had been walking down almost moments before.

Hiei wasn't at all happy, but he did seem a little relieved and he shifted around in Kuwabaras arms to accommodate his wound. When he was finally done, he had turned to the side, pressing his head against the others chest and keeping his wound to the air. One hand was pressed against it trying to ease the pain. He felt humiliated, but at least they would reach the others sooner, hopefully.

Kuwabara was amazed. He looked down to Hiei in his arms. The red eyes were doing their hardest not to look at him, but he could tell that he was still in pain. But...that wasn't what amazed him. Hiei was so...light. Hiei weighed probably only ninety pounds...and that was when he was soaking wet. It was scary. He could feel the muscles in Hiei's body, but even so he was amazed. This seemed almost scary. It brought up a strange desire in Kuwabara to want to protect him.

Watching the little demon curled up in his arms he couldn't believe that before he had actually thought that Hiei was truly able to care for himself. It seemed as if he shouldn't be able to. Kuwabara wanted to protect him, almost like he was a child even when Hiei was almost three hundred years older then himself or at least around that. But...he was so small and light and surely any real attack would shatter him.

It was like he was made of glass. He was going to protect him. He promised himself, and most of all he promised Hiei. Granted not out loud, but his honor code would keep him to this promise. Hiei wouldn't be hurt if he could help it.

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-uncovers eyes- Did I seriously just write that? Wow... Um..I have NO clue where this came from. I had the idea for a plot like this for a long time, well...actually this was going to be an AU, but I was just thinking about it and wondering what kind of pairing I should make it, and this came. I dun no. -shrugs- Well...yup. There is chapter one. Chapter Two will be up as soon as I get it done.

Yup...I am SO going to get flamed for this. Can't wait.