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A Lover's Strife
Chapter 1
'Damn it fox, why do you make me feel this way?'
Deep in the forests of the Makai, Hiei was sitting on a tree branch as that one question kept haunting his thoughts. For a while, he's been developing strange feelings towards a certain kitsune.
During their adventures together, the fire youkai had begun to experience a weird feeling whenever Kurama was around him. At first he denied and thought it was nothing, but when the emotion grew stronger, the koorime finally realized that he loved the youko very much. A part of him wants to tell Kurama, but the other just doesn't want to say anything that might threaten the friendship they have. Ever since his exile from the ice world as an infant, he never had any reason to care for anyone except his younger sister, Yukina. But when he met Kurama, all of that changed. Hiei sighed heavily as he said, "Maybe I should go and finally get this off my chest." With that said, the fire youkai flitted off to the human world.
In the Ningenkai, Kurama was busily doing his history homework when he heard a voice call him from downstairs. "Suuichi, are you still awake?"
Kurama walked over to his opened bedroom door and answered, "Yes mother, I'm just finishing my schoolwork."
"Okay well I'm heading out to work the night shift."
"Alright mother, I'll see you when you get home."
"Bye son and remember to call me if you need anything." Shiori said as she went out the door.
When Kurama heard the door close, he turned around and noticed his window was opened. "That's strange, the window wasn't open before." the kitsune said as he walked over to his window to close it. Then he heard a voice say, "Hey fox, it's been a while."
The emerald eyed youko turned around slowly and saw his friend sitting on the edge of his bed staring at him with piercing, scarlet eyes. Kurama smiled, "Hello Hiei, what are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to see how you were doing is all."
Kurama walked over to his bed and sat next to Hiei, "I'm fine; it sure is nice to see you again my friend."
The fire youkai gazed at the crimson haired beauty. That fluttery feeling in his stomach began to take shape. The way Kurama was looking and smiling at him, made him feel pure and warm. Those jade orbs bored into his soul. The fox just looked absolutely stunning to him.
Kurama noticed Hiei was zoning out and asked, "Hiei, is there something wrong? Is there anything you want to talk about?"
The koorime regained his composure and stared at the ground, "Actually fox, there is something I have to tell you."
"Yes Hiei, I'm listening."
"Kurama, I …um…I lo…" Ring…! All of a sudden the fire youkai was interrupted by the sound of the house phone ringing from downstairs.
"Just a second Hiei, let me get that." Kurama said as he got off the bed and headed out the room downstairs.
When the kitsune left the room, Hiei blew a quick sigh of relief even though deep down he wished that phone hadn't rung. The koorime got of the bed as well and flitted downstairs.
When he got to the living room, he heard Kurama say in the receiver,
"Oh, hello Yusuke."
"He did?"
"There is?"
"Yes, he's with me…okay bye."
The kitsune hanged up the phone and turned to see Hiei standing behind him which caused him to startle a bit. "Oh Hiei, you startled me."
"Sorry fox…what the detective want?" the koorime asked.
"He said that Koenma has assigned another mission and he needs us to meet them in Spirit World."
The fire youkai rolled his scarlet eyes in disbelief, "Here we go again; what is it this time?"
"I guess we'll find out when we get there. Before we go, I need to do something right quick." the crimson haired youko said as he picked up the phone again and dialed a number.
Hiei stood behind the kitsune in curiosity, "Kurama, what are you doing?"
"I'm just calling my mother to let her know that I might not be here when she gets home." Kurama answered as he talked to his mother.
The fire youkai gave a small smile at the emerald eyed teen as he talked on the phone. Another thing he liked about Kurama was how he didn't want his loved one to worry about him whenever times like these arose.
When Kurama hung up the receiver, he turned to his partner who was smiling at him unless his eyes were deceiving him. "Um Hiei, are you okay?"
"Huh…oh…um…" the koorime turned his head to the side and blushed slightly, "Yes I'm fine fox, let's get going."
Kurama slightly chuckled at the koorime receiving a death glare from the other. "Well let's be on our way." the crimson haired youko said as he and Hiei left the house and headed to Spirit World.
Once they got to Koenma's office, the demon pair noticed that Yusuke and Kuwabara were already there.
"Well if it isn't our favorite demon duo; what's up guys?" Yusuke asked.
"Nothing at all really." Kurama answered as he and Hiei walked up to the two teens.
"Enough with the formalities, what's all this all about?" the fire demon asked annoyed.
"Well…someone's cheery today." the black haired teen sarcastically said.
"Yeah, what's your problem shrimp?" Kuwabara asked.
"Hn; it's none of your concern."
The orange haired teen became filled with anger, "Why do you always have to be so difficult to be around?"
"Hn…"
As the two boys were arguing (yet again), Yusuke went over to Kurama and whispered, "What's bugging Hiei; is he mad about something?"
"I don't know but I'm beginning to worry, he's been acting strange ever since he came to my house." the crimson haired youko whispered back.
"Maybe it's a phase he's goin though; you think?"
Kurama laughed softly, "I highly doubt it, Hiei isn't the type to go though that. At least I don't think he does."
"What did you two say?"
Yusuke and Kurama turned to an apparently glaring koorime and said in unison, "Nothing, nothing at all."
"Hn…whatever."
At that moment, the gang heard the two doors open to reveal a small, princely figure with a pacifier in his mouth and a girl with light blue hair wearing a pink kimono. "Hello everyone glad you could make it because we have problems." Koenma said.
"Let me guess, another demon is bent on destroying the world again? Seriously Koenma that's getting a little old don't ya think?" Yusuke added.
"No Yusuke, it's a demon that we've been trying to catch for months because he's been causing trouble in demon and human worlds." the young ruler answered as he walked over to his desk to sit down. He reached for his remote to operate his screen. "Turn your attention to the screen."
The boys watched the screen as a figure with pale, tanned skin, long raven hair, one of his silver eyes showing while the other was covered by his hair, and wearing a blood, red kimono appeared on the screen. Hiei paled as he began to recognize the man. 'Damn it not him again; he's hunting for me.'
"Uh Koenma, who is this guy; he's making my skin crawl." Kuwabara said.
"So far Kuwabara that has yet to be determined by our intelligence; all we know is that he's a very dangerous spell caster and he has tremendous power."
"Evil demon, tremendous power, yeah I knew this was coming." the detective said as he ran his hand though his hair.
"That's…Ryota." Everyone turned their attention towards the koorime.
"Hiei, you actually know this demon." Kurama asked.
"Unfortunately yes fox; he was a past rival of mine. Ever since the first time I fought against him, I've always defeated him, but he would always come back to try and beat me even though it was pointless."
Kuwabara's eyes widened, "Whoa, talk about determination."
"Yeah it's like the times when Kuwabara tried to beat me in our fights, but alas he could never do it." Yusuke added.
"Very funny, Urameshi."
"Hush you two; go ahead Hiei, finish your story." Botan said.
"Well the last time I encountered him, we were locked in fierce combat. He was more formidable than he ever was the past times. In the final stage of the battle, I slashed his left eye with my sword . After those blood curling screams, he disappeared and swore he would exact his revenge on me."
"Wait a minute Hiei, do you think that's why he's been causing trouble in the Makai and Ningenkai because he's looking for you?" the crimson haired youko asked.
"Well maybe, I'm not really sure what goes through that fool's mind. But I know one thing about Ryota, he'll never stop until his defeats me."
"Whatever the case, he must be stopped." Koenma began, "I'm relying on you four to find him."
"But what part of the Makai is he hiding anyway?" Kuwabara asked the young ruler.
Koenma pointed his remote to the screen as it changed to a dark, baron area with a century old temple in the foreground. "We believe that this is where you'll find him. It's located at the Southwestern part of the Makai. I've created a portal that'll take you there. Botan will take you to it; good luck guys."
"Come along fellas, let's go; you have a case to solve." the fiery girl said cheerfully as she directed the boys to the portal.
"Yippie, I can't wait." Yusuke said sarcastically.
As Hiei was about to leave the office, Koenma called to him, "Hiei, you make sure you're on your guard; this Ryota is stronger since you last fought him and plus he'll do anything to exact his revenge on you."
"I know Koenma and I will." the koorime said as he continued his way out the office. 'I just hope doesn't target the ones I care for most to exact revenge.'
Unknown to Hiei, there was something watching his every move. In the top of the corner, a demon eye was projecting what happened. Once it got the information it needed, the eye flapped its bat like wings and flew from Spirit World to the Makai. Once there, it flew to the most barren part of the Makai to where it observed a temple in the distance. When it entered, it landed in the palm of a shadowy figure.
"So Odon, have you gotten the information I required?" a dark and sinister voice asked the creature. Odon nodded and answered back in his own language which made the man laughed darkly. "So Hiei I've finally found you after all these years. My revenge will finally come to pass." the dark figure said as one silver eye pierced through the darkness.
To Be Continued…
A/N: Here's my fifth story. I hope you all enjoy it and I'll update more chapters as soon as I can. Till then catcha later peeps!