Summary- One-sided Karasu/Kurama yaoi. Usual Karasu obsessed with Kurama and tries to capture/kill him. Set to "Surrender" by Evanescence.

:Is this real enough for you?

You were so confused:

"It's not real Karasu!" he screams, fighting the chains that hold him fast to the stone walls. His vivid emerald eyes are wide with pain and desperation. His rose red hair is matted with dried blood, a stark contrast to his beautiful ivory face. "Don't you get it? I. DON'T. LOVE. YOU. I never have!" he cries.

"Oh but my dear Kurama, you do. It is real, it's very real. You're here with me, and you're mine," I walk up to him and caress his smooth face with my ghostly hand. He flinches away, and I can't help but smile. I would never do anything to mar this gorgeous face. "No one will ever take you from me again. I've dealt with the three-eyed rodent, now there is no one left to befuddle your senses. You will stay with me."

He freezes when I mention the three-eyed rodent. "Hiei," he whispers, his eyes growing wider. "What have you done with Hiei!" he cries, lunging towards me. The chains restrain him. His wild struggles kindle my already burning desire for him, my little fox-demon.

"Rest assured, he'll never take you from me again," I murmur into his ear. He tries to bite my neck, I turn and capture his mouth with mine. He jerks away, the only place her can go is to the wall. I pin him there and run my hands over his trembling body. He tries to push me off, I pin his hands and thrust my tongue into his mouth before pulling away, savoring the taste of his lips. He glares at me with frigid eyes, the emerald flashes to icy gold, and I smile. The Yoko could tear me apart if he weren't chained. Oh to break this raging spirit–!

:Now that you've decided to stay

we'll remain together:

I leave him that night, trembling and exhausted from his attempts at fending me off and trying to break free. If only he knew that his struggles only made me want him even more. But now he truly is mine, with the Tantei and his mortal mother dead, there's no one left for him to live for. Except me. He's mine now, that little fire demon had him for a time. But he's no longer a problem.

I return the next night to see my Kurama hanging limp from the shackles that keep him tethered in an upright position at the wall. He looks up as I enter and those emerald eyes are filled with loathing. I smile. "Hate me all you want," I say, cupping his face in my hands. "You're still mine."

:You can't abandon me

You belong to me:

I release his face and snap my fingers. The shackles around his wrists fall open to clank against the stone. He darts forward, hand flying to the arsenal of seeds concealed in his hair. I grab his wrists and sling him to the floor like a ragdoll. He kicks out and misses. Despite his struggles, I pin him to the floor and straddle his waist, pinning his arms to his sides with my knees. He thrashes about in a futile attempt to break free. It amuses me all the more. I tear away what was left of his shirt and watch his bare chest glisten with sweat as he tries to break free. I slide my hands up his chest, he halts in his struggles, knowing full well what my touch could do to his lovely flesh. I lean down and pull his face up to mine and press our lips together. I thrust my tongue into him, forcing open his mouth. I breath into him, he gasps and strains against my hold. I finally pull away, leaving him panting from lack of air.

I slide my hand into my coat. I pull out a long dagger, the leather sheath engraved with swirling marks that I have long since given up deciphering. I cast away the sheathand raise the blade so the glinting metal flashes in the dim light of the dungeon. Kurama eyes it and me warily. I grin and lick the blade. "You will never leave me." I slice open my wrist and toss the knife away. As my blood pours over his chest, I grab his face with my free hand and force his jaws apart. I press my bleeding wrist against his lips and cover his nose with the other hand, forcing him to swallow. I throw my head back and moan in pleasure. It was almost too much for me to bear.

I pull my wrist away and stare down at his pale face, soaked in my blood. He is wide-eyed with disgusted horror. I snatch the dagger from the floor beside us and knick the artery in his throat. As blood spills out, I lean forward and press my lips over the woundsuckling like an infant. I drink up the sweet crimson nectar and savor the taste as a wine taster savors a good vintage. I reluctantly pull away and press my still bleeding wrist to my Kurama's bleeding throat. The blood mixes and pools together on the floor.

Even if my beloved never succombs to me, we will always be one.

:Breath it in take my life in you

No longer myself only you

There's no escaping me my love

Surrender:

I was so enraptured by the process, that I failed to notice Kurama's arm sliding out from under my leg. By the time I saw the flash of his pale skin, it was too late. "Rose Whip!" The thorny whip narrowly missed my face as I jumped back.

Kurama leapt to his feet and snatched a tiny seed from his hair. Roots sprouted from it as he hurled it at me. The seed erupted into a sea of thorny vines, twining around me. My Kurama didn't stop to look at his handiwork, he sprinted for the door and vanished into the corridor. I laughed.

"There's no escape, Kurama!" I shout, as my bombs decimate his little plant. "This castle has no exit!" I call, even though I know he can't hear me, he's out of hearing range by now. Unless his bleeding has slowed him down more than I thought.

:Darling, there's no sense in running

You know I will find you:

I wander lazily out of the dungeon, now occupied by burnt bits of plant, and spread out my awareness. There's my little fox, trying to escape through the kitchens. When I say there's no escape, I mean it literally. This castle has no doors or windows. Only stone walls reinforced by my yoki. I'm the only one who can get in or out.

I saunter up to the kitchens, long since deserted and covered in dust. My Kurama's wound has left blood droplets on the floors, a palpable trail to his location. I approach silently, though he already knows I'm there. He turns, pale and bleeding but ready to fight. I just smile. Before he even realizes what's happened, I am on him. Pinning his body to the wall, his wrists held tightly in my hands.

"Now you can never be rid of me," I croon into his ear. I feel his body shiver against mine. I mash my lips against his, hard enough to make his head crack against the wall behind him. He flinches and clenches his eyes shut.

Blood loss, combined with the concussion from the stone wall and lack of air from my kiss send him into unconciousness. My Kurama falls limp in my arms. I kneel down and pull his limp body close to mine, cradling him to my chest with one arm while the other caresses every bare patch of skin I can see. His face, his chest, his arms, his throat. I allow my hand to drift wistfully over his hips, I'd prefer he was concious for that sort of intimacy, I am patient, I will wait until his is ready to submit to me before taking him.

With his body pressed close to mine, I can feel that my goal is almost within reach. He is mine in body, he carries my breath and blood within him. But his soul and heart are what I truly yearn for. The seduction of my fox is well underway.

:Everything is perfect now

We can live forever:

"KURAMA!"

My head snaps up in shock. How can this be? I killed him! I saw his corpse amidst the rubble! How is it that he could possibly even be inside my castle? I clutch my fox closer. "He's not taking you away from me again," I hiss.

His emerald eyes flutter open. "Hiei–?" he murmurs.

"No!" I cry. Just as the fire demon appears in the doorway. His third eye is open and shining. The Black Dragon is exposed on his arm, his crimson eyes narrow in fury.

"Let go of him you sick sonuvabitch!" he snarls.

"Hiei!" my fox calls, struggling to escape my grasp. I clutch him tighter.

"He's mine!" I shout. I flick my wrist and bombs flash through the air towards the fire demon.

:You can't abandon me

You belong to me:

"NO! Hiei!" he cries. The bombs explode, filling the air with smoke and fire. I grin, I can no longer sense the fire demon's yoki. I turn back to my fox, knowing that no one can ever take him from me, ever. He shoves me away and attempts to crawl to his feet, only to fall in a heap on the stones. I tower over him, grinning. I bend to take his arm.

"No one left to stand between us," I say. There is a sharp pain in my back. I look down at my chest in time to see the end of the katana emerge from my gut. I choke and blood smears my lips. The blade is wrenched from my body and I fall to my knees, hacking up blood.

I stare up at the fire demon, then at my Kurama.

:Breath it in take my life in you

No longer myself only you

There's no escaping me my love

Surrender:

I let out a gargled laugh. "You're still mine in body, my little fox. Even in death my blood will flow in your veins and my breath with come from your lungs! You'll never be rid of me! You're mine! MINE!"

The fire demon raises his katana and swings it down.

Karasu's head tumbled away as his body fell forward. Blood spouted from the severed neck and covered the dusty floor.

Hiei wiped the blade of his katana clean on Karasu's coat and turned to Kurama. He knelt beside the fox demon and moved to place his hand on his shoulder. Kurama jerked away. "Don't touch me," he whispered harshly. Kurama wrapped his arms protectivley around himself and stared with dead eyes at the headless corpse.

Hiei grabbed Kurama by the shoudlers and forced the kitsune to meet his eyes. "Kurama, love, what did he do to you?" he demanded. His crimson eyes were wide with fear as he stared into Kurama's emerald orbs.

Kurama shivered. "Take me home, Hiei. Please. I can't...not here..." he pressed his face to Hiei's chest and wrapped his arms around the smaller demon's strong body. Taking comfort in the warm strength flowing from his lover.

Hiei nodded wordlessly and helped Kurama to his feet. They staggered through the corridors, Kurama leaning heavily against Hiei.

"How did you get in?" he asked quietly.

"His concentration of Yoki on the barrier wavered and I used the Dragon to break through the stone," Hiei replied, as the rounded a corner into the rubble strewn corridor with a gaping hole into the outside in one wall.

The sunlight was shining through the opening and together the two demons stepped out into the afternoon air.

I hovered overhead, an immaterial spirit watching my fox and the fire demon exit my lair. I moved to follow them into the light, only to be repelled back into the castle corridor. I grinned to myself. It didn't matter if my spirit was bound here, he was still mine. He always would be mine. We are one now. My Kurama, my beloved. You can never be rid of me. One day, I will come back for you. And your heart and soul, as well as your body, will belong to me. When that happens, you WILL submit to me, you will bow to me as your one master and lover.

Breath it in take my life in you

No longer myself only you

There's no escaping me my love

Surrender

Surrender

Surrender

Surrender