Koenma has never seen such determination burn in those green eyes before. He looked carefully at the redhead in front of him and noticed that his spirit energy was dwindling rather quickly from the last time they have met.

"I can not say as to why exactly. But know that I will be in grave danger." Kurama's quiet voice cut through the intense air like a knife. Obviously, something is up.

Koenma crossed his arms and spoke to the fox through the pacifier between his lips. "Kurama…it is not up to me to bring Hiei to Ningenkai to protect you. I have no say in this! He is Mukuro's Heir and therefore, in her hands." Kurama's eyes narrowed with distaste at the mere mention of Mukuro's name.

That robotic, pitiful creature.

He leaned over and placed both of his palms over Koenma's desk. "Koenma," he began warily, "I happen to know Mukuro is in debt to you for releasing her even though she was illegally torturing that slave trader who use to own her, and you owe me for making you that special paste for when you starting teething. Am I correct?"

Koenma raised his eyebrows in disbelief and threw his hands up in the air. "You can't possibly use your teething paste in return for my favor from an upper S class DEMON LORD! And just to get Hiei back? He probably plotted my death restricting him in Ningenkai before and to now bring him back? Why?" Kurama almost gave a small smile for how accurately Koenma was about Hiei and the useless plotting of Koenma's death. But then a thick silence hung in the air as Koenma waited for a reply.

"Because I am in great need of him. Please Koenma, as a friend I ask of you." And with that his green eyes locked in Koenma's baby brown eyes. Determination clashed with uncertainty. And then, Koenma knew he had lost. But that teething paste did work pretty darn well! "Oh…oh alright! I was never too fond of Mukuro anyways. Ever since Hiei became Heir she never finishes that paperwork I asked for!" Kurama let a smile slip and began to use his conniving fox mind, telling Koenma ways to annoy Mukuro in revenge for the unfinished paperwork.

- At Mukuro's Castle -

A lone figure stood on an aging stone balcony watching the unsettling forest before him. He was a fire demon. Eyes of ruby red and a delicate elfish shape face. But any demon of any common sense would know that this exotic beauty was anything but "delicate." Mukuro watched him from the side thinking to herself. "My Dragon Heir…I wonder if he has even the slightest clue of how enchanting he is. Dangerous, but so lovely to look at." The face she came to admire so much turned to give her a piercing glance. "What. Something on my face." The way Hiei talked, it was never really a question. More of a sentence that radiated that he could care less. Ignoring the statement, she tore her gaze and stepped on the balcony along with him,

"I'm just curious. But what do you think of yourself physically wise Hiei?" Startled by her question, he began to think. What did he think of himself? But instead, the words that left his mouth were "I know that I am a powerful demon and a formidable foe. Does that answer your ridiculous question?"

But Mukuro did not budge. "No Hiei that is not what I meant. Both you and I know that you are strong but do not play dumb with me. I meant if you think you are good looking or no." And Hiei has been hoping she wouldn't go there.

"Hn, what would you like to know. I am not some vain female ningen as to where I would care about my appearance. It's a kill or be killed world and looks have no role or play in that. So my answer to you is that I do not care."

Mukuro grew silent and glanced yet again at the demon besides her and was surprised that she had not noticed his clothing. He was wearing his "Heiress" clothing that Mukuro had someone tailor just for him. But he would never know that. As far as Hiei was concern, it was just another pair of clothing to put on and get through the day not naked.

Instead of his normal black attire and white scarf, he stood tall and elegantly in leather, knee high boots that fitted rather slimly on him. His maroon colored pants hugged his legs ever so slightly and donned a silky black long sleeve top stopping mid thighs. The black top was artistically created; with four slits at the bottom, it was well fit but yet allowed Hiei to move at his quick speed and on his right arm a majestic red dragon imprint lay upon it. The dragon's tail was to his wrist and raveled its way around his arm, behind his neck and its head stopping by Hiei's left shoulder on his collar bone, accentuating the red of his eyes. If one didn't know better, it would look like the red dragon is glaring at anyone who dares to get close.

Hiei felt Mukuro's gaze fall upon his body and bit down a smirk.

Foolish woman.

"You seem so interested. Now what do you think of your looks?" Honestly, Hiei didn't really care but he was curious as to what a half robotic woman with a fake eye and orange lopsided hair thought of herself. Mukuro deftly smiled at the question and answered with an air of almost haughtiness. She was eager to show Hiei her confidence in herself. Mukuro learned through years of having Hiei as a heir and leading general of her army that he likes confidence.

"I am beautiful Hiei. Even though I have robotic parts in function with my body I can make any male or female mine. And that is how it goes."

Hiei almost snorted in laughter at her repulsive answer but turned when Mukuro let out a quiet snarl at a sudden intruder. She did not appreciate her time alone with Hiei to be interrupted. A messenger stopped short 20 feet of the two mighty demons and bowed deeply. "My Lord, Koenma Jr has asked you to join a meeting with him as soon as you can. He says it is of urgency." Mukuro clenched her fist in aggravation and walked away without a backward glance. She wanted to get this meeting over with quickly and hope that when she returns, Hiei will be there still.

Hiei dismissed the messenger and leaned on the ivory stone ahead of him. The vast amount of land before him that would be his one day almost overwhelmed him. Not with excitement but with loathing. He didn't like the responsibility of having so many demons under him. He could barely handle Yuusuke and Kuwabara, none the less all these weak demons. He growled deep in his throat and drifted his mind to other thoughts. What do you think of yourself physically Hiei? He rolled his eyes at the memory of Mukuro asking him such a dim witted question.

He had answered her honestly. He did not care but none the less, Hiei knew he was an appealing demon. Ever since he has gone through a phase Yusuke jokingly refers to as "puberty", Hiei has spurt up several feet and was now Yusuke's height, if not taller and he had lost his childish demeanor. His trademark spiky black hair was still there and famous red eyes was still there but there was an air around that told everyone that this demon is independent, sexy, and not wanting a mate. Hiei, being off limits, proved to be even more alluring to all the demons around him.

More and more through out the years, he has noticed demons glancing his way and going out of their way to be near him. He was surprised at first by all the attention seeing as he was use to Kurama being the one all the demons wanted to ravish. But his surprise quickly turns to disgust as many demons in turn showed their interest to ravish him as well. So quite frankly, Hiei knew he was good looking but has never used to his advantage and true to his words, he did not care. Mukuro constantly kept him in the castle. Or in other words, close to her. He didn't want to admit it but he missed the Ningen world. Not to the extreme but he wanted to go back for a bit. Hiei wondered if the detective ever got better and if Kuwabara was still a senseless idiot. But what was most important to him is Yukina. And the fox as well. Hiei shook his head reluctantly at the thought. He could honestly say he did not miss Yusuke and Kuwabara, although a visit never hurts, admitting that he misses that damn fox will have him start to admit more things. Things that he was not ready to acknowledge yet.

"Hiei, Mukuro request for your presence in the Communication Dungeon", a messenger appeared a few feet from him in a low bow. She request for my damn presence everywhere. With a sigh of frustration he flitted to the dungeon to find a rather odd sight.

Koenma's baby face was enlarged on a screen and was talking quite a bit. A tooth or two can even be seen in his mouth despite the pacifier forever existing in his mouth. Mukuro was in an argument with him and pumping her fist like some gorilla trying to restore world peace and Koenma was waving his arms and screaming nonsense. In other words both were completely unprofessional and utterly amusing but yet embarrassing to watch.

"So this is the Lord I serve under and the toddler that was once my boss." Hiei's deep voice caused the foolish commotion in front of him to quickly stop. Both turned to look at the demon.

"AHHH! Hiei! You….you…you grew!!" Koenma pointed an accusing finger at the demon in front of him. He was so sure he would grow taller than Hiei in a year or so but the fire demon was prolly taller than him in his teenage form. Damnit.

Mukuro folded her arms and smirked up at the baby on the screen. "Of course, he's taller than I am now actually and if you came by once every 10 years or so you would see. But you haven't and now you want to swoop in here and take Hiei from m…from the land…and except me to say YES?"

Hiei glanced sharply at Mukuro and then just as sharply to Koenma. "You are taking me somewhere? What in the world is going on now and why would I be a part of this? I thought I was done with your work and babysitting."

"Yeah, why would he be a part of this? You have other demons and humans to do your bidding and Hiei is not a servant. He is my heir and the leading general of my army."

Koenma had the strangest urge to wipe that smirk off her face. It was more irritable than Yusuke's. At least half my crotch isn't made of metal. And then he chuckled at his quirky comeback but decided wisely not to say that out loud. Mukuro was a strong female. But it was the "strong" that scared him. It was the "female" part. Females are all somehow born with an ability to precisely and painfully shove their foot up one's ass if insulted enough and he did not want to test that theory. Yusuke said so himself and Koenma wouldn't doubt that boy's experience when it comes to females kicking ass. So instead he cleared his throat and plastered on a look with great authority.

"Mukuro, I am sure Hiei can speak for himself. You're his mother now or something?" Koenma knew that would strike a nerve and felt his chest burst with glee as Hiei glared at Mukuro at the comment and her stuttering attempt to say something. But she was too frustrated so Koenma continued on.

"There is somebody I need Hiei to protect. Reasons being, I can not say to you because you are not in this. But you can not say no to this Mukuro because I have let you keep that man tree for a while to torture and although it is illegal to torture in that form, I have looked the other way. But now I need Hiei and it is not up to you. It is up to me. And I sincerely hope you do not wish for your naked man tree to be confiscated and an angry Spirit World leader at you."

Hiei's face was emotionless but in his mind, many thoughts were there. It must be somebody that I know. Why else would Koenma choose me specifically? He turned to look as Mukuro's defeated look turn to him. "Hiei, you heard the Koenma", she said it quite sourly. But he was not going to rush into something he knew nothing about.

"Oh no you don't toddler. You tell me what is going on right now or I do not leave."

At Hiei's comment, a slightly hopeful smirk appeared on Mukuro's face. And with that slightly hopeful smear, came a temple popping from an agitated toddler's face. Man I hate that woman. Koenma sighed and proceeded to carry on.

"It's Kurama. His spirit energy is dwindling down and I'm afraid it's serious. He won't tell me the full detail but demons will sense his weakening ki and might choose this time to attack him. I need you to report to Ningenkai protect him. You are the only one Kurama and I can trust Hiei. He is in great danger and – "

And another temple began to pop out of Koenma's angry head. Upon hearing Kurama and great danger, Hiei immediately rushed out towards the portal to Ningenkai. Not paying anymore attention to Koenma's rant in the process. And Koenma hates being cut off mid – sentence. It is a pet peeve you see.

Hiei quickly dodged anything in his way and raced towards the portals. He has been longing to go back anyways. It's been too long since he seen Kurama. How could this have happened? Kurama was the closest person to him. He should have sensed that the red head's energy was dimming. Hold on fox, I'm coming.

Meanwhile, back at the castle that Hiei left behind without hesitation, Mukuro stood fuming while Koenma continued his exaggerated stream of how Hiei has always showed more loyalty and affection towards Kurama than anyone else. Well it wasn't that exaggerated. Just enough to hopefully get her to finish that paperwork before his father finds out. It didn't make much sense, no, but it was nice to watch her squirm in anger as he told the tale of how Hiei was going to kill everyone during the Dark Tournament when Bakken kept attacking an unconscious Kurama. "It was an act of love I strongly believe" added Koenma and he let out a burst of laughter as Mukuro stomped out the room slicing the dimension in her waking.

Author's Note: Hey everyone! I know Yu Yu Hakusho was a very long time ago. But I'm still a great fan and I hope we still have some out there too. I have every intention of finishing this story but not if they aren't many YYH fans on fanfic like me here to read them. So leave a review! It doesn't have to be a love or hate one. Just something to let me know we still have some out there! Haha and SORRY about making Mukuro sound like a total bitch. I know she's a cool character but honestly I don't think she belongs with Hiei. And her personality is to match the fanfic. So any Mukuro/Hiei lovers out there ready to flame me, why are you even in a Hiei/Kurama story in the FIRST place? So anyways, Mukuro is cool with me. Just not in a coupling with Hiei hehe.