Disclaimer: Dang! Don't tell me I lost it!!! *The author is seen pathetically shuffling though her folder of doom as stray pieces of paper and unfinished fan fics fall from the tattered wretch of a five star folder* Where could it be?! Oh no!!! I've lost my deed to YYH!!! Sorry folks. I don't own it anymore. *Begins to cry and throws the folder of doom to the side spewing papers in various directions* Hey! That's my English Homework form last year!



**Rainy Days**



Sakuya hated the rain. she couldn't stand it. sure, yah yah, it was all - great - because it helped the plants and stuff but - damn - it was so depressing. Rainy days always got her in a bad mood. What was that song? 'I'm only happy when it rains'? Whoever wrote that must have had a strange perspective on how weather can affect your outlook. How can anyone be happy when everything else is so gloomy - dank, hazy, gray, uncomfortable. how could you be happy then?

She had ice blue eyes that complemented her purple hair, a slender faced and high cheekbones which made her slightly resemble the cat she was. The cat like girl looked out the wide windows of the coffee shop watching the people run though the shower shielding books and hair, looking forward to a nice bath once they got home and shelter from the water.

Then he came in.

Flaming red hair and emeralds for eyes.

Kurama.

Not many knew him by that name, not even his mother. But she knew it, she knew who he really was. And loved him for it. To everyone else Shuichi was the model student and all around wonder boy. Best in all his classes, never got into any trouble - ha! If only his collage professors knew that they were really teaching a fox demon from the spirit world around the age of two hundred or so.

Every girl was practically throwing herself at him. Sakuya watched a familiar scene unfold as one of the girls in his class -she didn't know her name, they were all the same as far as she was concerned - walked up to the demon's human façade. Sakuya could almost hear his heavy sigh from her booth seat across the room.

She had spent the last week looking for him and then watching him since she learned that her Youko was still alive but. she didn't understand when at first she saw the boy people called Shuichi - the human boy - emitting the same Ki as Kurama. It had taken her a couple of days to understand what had happened. he had taken on this form when he was wounded. he had taken on the body of a human child and grown up in the Ninginki world. Had he forgotten her?

She hated it when those other Ningin babies threw themselves at him. it wasn't even that entertaining anymore.

" 'Uhm. Shuichi.Uh' Oh just spit it out already!" Sakuya rolled her eyes as she muttered into her warm cup of coffee. And as sure as the rain falls down the girls offer was ever so politely declined by the Maki Thief. "Ha." She let out a bitter laugh as the nameless girl walked away crestfallen and mourning her defeat.

Today was the day. Sakuya didn't have any more time to push it off. she would confront him - and claim him as her own. he would be hers. again. Why did it have to be on a wet day. she hated the rain and just water in general!

Slowly and gracefully Sakuya left her booth and made her way to Kurama. Did he notice her? Would he recognize her is this human disguise? Would he be able to see her without the cat ears he used to be so fond of?

She slinked up be hind him, placing a hand on his shoulder to get his attention. "I hate the rain, it always makes me feel depressed." She smiled at him in a way that she hoped would bring back some of his memory. Maybe it did, maybe it didn't, but he did smile at her - no, not at her. He was smiling for some one else, for a memory. Though he didn't know that the person he was remembering was actually in front of him.

" I used to have a friend that said that." He replied politely with a wistful look at the gloomy atmosphere outside. "But its warm in hear. sort of cozy. that must count for something."

" Just a friend?" She asked making it a point to smiling again. Sakuya didn't wait for him to reply "I always feel like I'm falling. this horrible sinking feeling when it rains. I can't wait for the sun to shine again!"

At that Kurama gave her a perplexed look. This girl. he didn't even know her name but she was so. familiar. almost too alike to his 'friend'. Those were her exact words. He began to concentrate hard on something while trying to act as normal as possible.

" So when it rains. what do you do?" He had it!

" Just wait. wait for the sun." This was it, she was going to say it to him. She had waited for 15 years. She called up her Youkai form just a bit. not much, but enough to subtly change her eyes from ice blue to a shifting silver and looked directly at the fox she intended to trap. " Will you smile for me. when you hear the rain. - Kurama?" Would he remember her? His lover from another world? Would he remember her? Would he?

This didn't seem to surprise him " I always will - Sakuya."

It had been *her* plan to surprise *him*. but it had happened the other way around. how strange that he - " How did you guess?"

He took the side of her face in his hand and moved his lips closer to hers. Sweeping past in a fleeting kiss he whispered in her ear. "Your Ki - (enter pet name) ." He then turned and left the coffee shop.

The rain ended.

And the sun came out.

A Fox and a Cat walked out of the Coffee shop together.



*~*~ Fin ~*~*



A/N: And so ends the strangest reference to a Mary J. Blige song ever. ^^I Know its not using the actual meaning of the song but. if you think really hard maybe it could ^^ basically I just listened to it so many times that the small concepts and phrases that stuck out for me formed into a story. This is my first shot at a YYH fic and most of my humble knowledge comes from Kurama shrines ( *^.^*) since all I have see are a few episodes on cartoon networks 'adult swim' and even those are limited - I don't trust myself with being able to grab on to plots late at night. (Dose anyone know if Pilot Candidate even has one? Cuz I haven't seen it yet.) So basically I would like to apologize for any mess ups or stupid things I did ^^ the song went in my head and this is what came out. I don't know if I should continue it or leave it as it is. so that will be up to you wonderful people! ^^ . Please R&R!!! *gets on her knees* Please R&R Please R&R Please R&R. *is twaped on the head and shuts up ^.^*