Alright, here we have it. I feel like I'm really bagging on Kurama. And I kinda don't like it because I love him, I think he's super strong, emotionally mentally and physically. But anyway, tell me if you think I'm making too much drama or if you see any spelling things please! reviews are always welcome. Oh and this is definatly BOYXBOY there is HARD YAOI in here... so if you don't like them please don't read. Also, anyone interesting in beta reading for me?
I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or anything associated with it. Although I wish I do. I only take credit for the plot line and the thing I make them do ^.~
Day 4
The next morning brought improvement to Kurama's condition. Most of the deep wounds had healed shut enough to be without bandages and his ribs were fused together, just a bit tender. Bruises still covered the fox's body but those would be healed in another day. He was stiff from not moving for the past three days but the plants had brought yokai to the fox all night long, he was back up to around half his strength. He would have been full strength if not for having to wait so long for the Makai plants. Hiei wouldn't let Genkai or Yukina finish either, he didn't want to disrupt Kurama's natural healing. All in all he was just bruised, stiff, and missing some yokai. Kurama shifted and let out a soft groan of displeasure. The sun was shining in his eyes; this was much later than they usually woke up. Hiei was leaning on one arm watching him; he had probably been like that for a few hours. Kurama had also been known to do this when the fire demon slept. "Good morning." He sat up stiffly with a little help from Hiei. "When did we get into our room?... And when did the hotel service start including the import of Makai furs and plants?" he asked puzzled.
"You did ask me what the girls were picking up for you the other day." He shrugged as Kurama looked at him, "I thought they would make you more comfortable." He finally admitted hiding a slightly blush. He heated his hands and gently massaged the fox's back. "Shall we shower?"
Kurama let his eyes half close as Hiei's heated hands relieved some of the stiffness from his back, "That sounds wonderful. I think I can actually stand and shower today, that will be nice." Kurama stretched and yawned before turning and giving Hiei a quick kiss.
Hiei got up and turned on the water to let it heat before walking over to the side of the bed, "Try standing." Hiei held a hand out and Kurama swung his legs over the edge of the bed before placing one hand in Hiei's. He slowly stood up and wobbled a minute but quickly stabilized with a surge of youki from the plants. Kurama smiled and allowed Hiei to lead him into the bathroom. He still helped Kurama undress and remove his bandages but he mostly let Kurama do things for himself. Demons are like that; if they can, they want to do it. Demon offspring whose parents do things for them when they could have done it themselves usually don't live that long. It shows weakness. Because of this, most demons learn to do what they can by themselves, even as adults.
Once the two of them were clean Kurama sat on the bed and waited for Hiei to come and dry his hair. It was the one thing he always had Hiei do for him. Allowing Hiei to be part of his morning ritual showed great trust. Fox demons never let anyone see them unprepared, and that included unprepared for the day. To be seen unkempt is a huge blow to their pride. Kurama liked the fact that Hiei could see him this way, and he had a feeling the little fire demon loved it just as much as Kurama himself. Hiei was always playing with his hair when there weren't people around, sometimes even if there were.
Hiei paid close attention to Kurama today and pampered him a little more than necessary. He had missed the normality to their ritual. He dried Kurama's hair extra carefully and kept stopping to turn the fox's head for a kiss. When he finished his hair he massaged his back again for a few minutes. "Do you feel up to going out today?" He was genuinely curious. He knew Kurama would love to get outside into the fresh air but he didn't know if he wanted to deal with the crowds yet.
Kurama in turn leaned back on him ending the heated massage and smiled. "I would love to go out today. We can go and watch Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Genkai fight. They have the semifinals today correct?" Hiei nodded. They would be starting in about 30 minutes. He sat up, "Well, come on then, we should grab some food and head to the locker room so we can go out with them." He turned to see Hiei's startled face and almost, almost laughed at the shock.
"Kurama, you are not fighting. We will watch from the stands, or better yet we will take one of the booths, we have three to choose from." Of course by that he meant he would commandeer one of the booths reserved for Koenma, Mukuro, or Yomi. He stared at the fox as he began walking into the kitchen making two sandwiches and grabbed two apples shoving them in a bag along with two bottles of water.
"We are not sitting in a booth when we have access to a ring side seats. Just because I am down there doesn't mean I have to fight." He said as he grabbed one of the blankets for them to sit on, "It just means we can cheer them on and give them advice because Inari knows they probably need it. Besides, do you honestly think that any of them will let me fight? The other teams are scared of us Hiei, and we need to show the stadium that I am healed. Otherwise someone might try and exploit us again thinking it is in fact that simple to injure one of us. We cannot sit up in one of the frilly boxes, that would make us look weak, it is too safe; there is no need for it." He pulled on a jacket and fiddled with some seeds in his hair. He could hear Hiei growl under his breath and knew the fire demon saw his reasoning. Kurama had been carried out of the stadium covered in blood and unable to move, that showed weakness, they needed to do this to show their strength. Kurama threw Hiei his cloak and walked to the door waiting for him.
He looked at the fox a moment, "Fine. But if you get tired we are coming back up here immediately." He slung his cloak and the bag of food over his shoulder and held out his arm for Kurama to take.
"Shall we go have a picnic with some friends?" Kurama teased as they walked out the door.
"Hnn."
Genkai nodded in greeting as Kurama and Hiei walked in. Yusuke and Kuwabara were too busy pummeling each other to notice their entrance. Genkai moved over on the bench she was sitting on motioning to the two, "How are you feeling?"
Kurama smiled as they both sat down, "Better, thank you. We decided that we would like to come and watch the match with some ring side seats while enjoying a picnic." Hiei of course scoffed at this. It was then that Kuwabara went flying and Hiei caught him before he smashed into Kurama. "Aww, Hiei, that was kind. Catching Kuwabara before he could hit the wall. You do care about him after all." Hiei simply glared at Kurama and dropped Kuwabara as the two idiots finally noticed their presence.
Yusuke immediately ran up to the fox shouting and the buffoon got up with much of the same reaction. You would think that, despite being ningens on top of idiots, with their power levels they would at least be able to sense when someone entered a room. "Hey Kurama man, how are yah doin'?" He wrapped an arm around Kurama, Hiei would endure his behavior, for now. "Hiei been taken care of you? Whenever we see you lately you've been sawin' logs!" Hiei moved to lean against the wall next to the door. The fox could fend for himself here. Kurama put on his human smile for them, it sometimes disturbed Hiei, but he had realized one day that it had become an actual smile. It was still different from the ones he would give Hiei, but it was still a smile.
Kurama carefully worked his way out from under Yusuke's arm, "But of course he has been taking care of me. And I did just see you last night at dinner. I'm not always sleeping" A sly grin crossed his face, "Unless of course, that was a dream on my part, in which case you seem to be walking in on me sleeping an awful lot. Are you trying to tell me something?" Kuwabara seemed to be taken aback by his statement still trying to completely comprehend it and stared at Yusuke who seemed just as surprised and shocked.
"Yusuke?! What is he talking about?! You gotta spill something about our awesome super cool team that you have been hiding?!" Of course Genkai ruined his fun.
"He's toying with you dimwits. He's healing so of course he's going to sleep. Do you not remember your first tournament where someone slept through half the fighting?" She knocked Yusuke's head as Hiei mumbled something that she thought sounded like 'as if Kurama would ever be interested in you.' she shot him a look confirming what he said based on Kurama's smile before turning back to Yusuke, "However unlike you Kurama is going to show the audience he is strong and walk out there, NOT asleep like someone. So he will not fight but we will be giving the impression he can. Is that understood?" She stopped in front of the door and faced the two idiots.
Hiei stepped forward, "Make no mistake woman, Kurama can fight, he is at the capacity where he could beat any of you if he so chose, however I" Kurama stood up walking over and placed a hand on Hiei's shoulder.
"However I am still waking up and don't want to fight on an empty stomach, so Hiei and I will enjoy our lunch while you fight. Like I said, we simply came for a picnic. But thank you Yusuke, I am doing much better." He turned to Hiei as they walked out the door, 'Hiei, you know that is not true, Maybe if I had your help but not right now, I am only at half my strength.'
Hiei turned his head, 'Which is more than enough for those two idiots and the old lady already has one foot in the Reikai. Even if it isn't true they don't need to know that, it isn't like they can act or keep secrets.' His fox smiled at him, "Hurry up," He walked out into the stadium with the fox on his heels and the rest trailing behind.
The last four teams were Yusuke's, the shinobi—Jin, Chu, Rinku, Touya, and Shishiwakamaru— Raizen's old buddies—Natsume, Shu, Kujou, Kokou, and Souketsu—and finally the weirdest team—Yomi, Shura, Mukuro, Shigure, and Enki of all people. Yusuke's team was fighting the Shinobi in the semi-finals while the other two teams squared off. After the final team won they could either have a final battle among themselves or vote one of their members as the victor. Kurama thought this was brilliant. With the amount of competitors that were entering now because of the idea of living to fight another day was becoming common in the tournament they needed a quicker way to lower the numbers. This way after 1 set of fights, it kicked out 5 people. It also deterred some of the single solo killers. As Kurama stepped out from behind Hiei and through the stadium doors Rinku pointed him out and the others came to greet him.
"HEHEY!" Rinku yelled, "How are" he suddenly glared childishly up at the crowd realizing he could no longer be heard over their roar at seeing Kurama.
Chu stepped up and clapped Kurama hard on the back shouting something like, "Good on yah mate!" causing Kurama to stumble forward before being caught by Jin who smiled.
Kurama mouthed a quick "Thanks" before standing up and smiling as Touya began chewing out Chu. Hiei was standing next to him now and he felt better with the crowd dying down due to a glare shot at the stands courtesy of Hiei. "Thank you Hiei and I'm fine everyone, we just came out to watch."
It was then that the announcer Koto noticed that Kurama and Hiei were out on the field. "Hey everybody look! Seems like Youko Kurama is all healed up!" She jumped down from her spot behind the table and ran up to him, "Can we get a few words for the fans? How are you feeling? What is it like to be bonded? Will you be fighting today? How did you heal so fast? Can we expect to see Karasu anytime soon? How was it that you got out of Karasu's chains?" She suddenly stopped feeling energies rise around her. "Ahhh" She shrunk back slightly from the group.
Chu stepped up behind her, "Oh come on mates, the shela is just every bit o' curious as we are. Ol' Kurama was just gonna answer the same questions for us, I'm sure the rest o' the fellas in the stands just wanna know too." He placed a heavy hand on her shoulder as she sweat dropped.
Hiei turned his head to the side, "What gives them the right to ask." Kurama stepped up to Koto putting on a charming smile, 'You don't have to do this.' Kurama nodded slightly in acknowledgement before proceeding, 'don't give anything away.'
Kurama took the microphone gently, "As I was saying, Yes I am perfectly fine. No, no one will be seeing Karasu ever again. I healed because Karasu was weak and I wasn't actually damaged just a special seal that effected my mobility and took a little longer to remove. It just looked bad because I was covered in Karasu's blood and we both were a little defensive at Karasu trying to claim me when I was already claimed." He gave a chilling smile as that realization sank in. No one in demon world would try to claim someone that was claimed, it's too rare of a thing not to mention it usually meant trouble. "As for being bonded, well, maybe you all should find that special someone and bond with them. And no I will not be fighting today, Hiei and I are not needed and we haven't eaten yet so we just came out to enjoy a picnic with the rest of you. Finally, being born into this human body did give me a minute amount of reiki which Karasu didn't account for when he created the chains. Completely shutting out my youki I was able to use that to break out then it was just a matter of his death." He handed her back the microphone and walked to the edge of the stage throwing a few seeds down to make a very nice bed of moss with two sturdy trunks to lean against and a type of willow tree whose vines parted to give them a view of the stage. "Come on Hiei, let's get settled in before the fight."
The crowd was silent and Koto stood there with her mouth hanging open while Hiei proceeded to sit down next to Kurama after spreading their blanket and pulled out their simple lunch. Finally Koto seemed to snap out of it, "Well folks, you heard it here! We just got the full lowdown. Now, LET'S GET THESE FIGHTS STARTED!" she walked to the center of the stage. "Who's up first?" Rinku stepped up into the stage and Kuwabara ran and tripped while entering the stage.
"I wanna rematch you little squirt!" Kuwabara yelled getting ready to fight.
"Looks like we have Rinku and Kuwabara squaring off in the first round!" It was a sad thing to watch and Kurama couldn't help wincing along with Yusuke and the others while Hiei just smirked and Genkai watched bored. "OH that one had to hurt. Rinku hit him right where the sun don't shine!" It wasn't over quick enough for Kurama. Might as well put him out of his misery. There was no way he was going to win that fight, not when Kurama and Genkai had trained Rinku a few years back. "And the Winner is Rinku!" Koto looked at Kuwabara flat on his back, "Can we get a medic out here?" she asked looking around. Yusuke obliged pulling Kuwabara off the stage where Kurama got up to tend to him momentarily before sitting back down with Hiei. Genkai stepped up onto the stage while Kuwabara was being removed.
The old lady stepped up, Hiei could only assume she was bored and that Shishiwakamaru was going to be looking for revenge, which of course he was. Hiei respected the woman and her ability. This fight probably wouldn't last too long. She had trained the imp along with Kurama, and a teacher always knows a students weaknesses. As Hiei predicted the fight lasted maybe 15 minutes while Shishi blathered on and Genkai stood until she got bored of that and kicked him out of the ring where he missed the count too flabbergasted to move having been attacked in the middle of his speech. She then proceeded to walk out of the stadium, "I'm going to go have some tea with Shiori and Yukina. This is boring. Yusuke you handle this."
Yusuke looked after her a moment, "Hey wait! You're leaving me to fight all three battles?" Yusuke quickly turned to Hiei trying to push off some of the work, "Hey, Hiei,"
"No"
"Aww come on I didn't even get to finish. I was just gonna ask if you wanted to fight. You like to fight right?" Yusuke walked up and batted his eyelashes. "And wouldn't you like to show off for Kurama?"
That earned Yusuke a glare, "I don't have to show off for Kurama. He's already mine and he very well knows how powerful I am."
Kurama smiled deciding to finally intervene, "Hiei, Koi, it would give you a nice chance to work off some of your steam and to stretch."
Hiei turned his head towards Kurama, 'I will not leave you defenseless.'
'Please, I am hardly defenseless, besides as long as you don't use the dragon you should be fully functional after your little bout.' Kurama flipped his hair and pushed Hiei up. "Now go on and play with the others."
Hiei scoffed and pulled the detective towards him momentarily speaking low, "This isn't for you. And you will sit there and keep an eye out for anything. If so much as a bug lands on Kurama I will slice your head off." Hiei pushed him back and walked up onto the stage where Jin was waiting.
Yusuke sat down next to Kurama, "Yeesh, what got into him?"
Kurama just shrugged and smiled.
"Aww, whats iss now? I'm gonna be fightin a' wee firecracker? I was lookun' to be fightin' with Yusuke on dis day I tells yah. But I be supposen dat you be just'an stron. So ere we go eh?" As he finished talking Jin shot up into the air only to come charging back down.
Hiei looked at Jin and then back at Kurama asking for a translation but Kurama only shrugged once again so instead Hiei just turned back to where Jin was barreling towards him from above. Hiei took the opportunity to use his speed and dodge at the very last minute letting Jin slam into the concrete where Hiei then proceeded to slice a rather large chunk of the cement and drop it onto of the wind master along with a heavy dosage of flames to be trapped underneath with him. He then used his jagan to hold down the rock, not that anyone other than Kurama knew that, but when nothing happened Hiei snapped at Koto, "Well, are you going to count or do I have too?"
"Ahh oh yes! I suppose that Jin is indeed out of the ring, or rather under it. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,! Hiei is the victor!" The crowd roared in applause and Hiei released the rock, which then went flying, and Jin popped up.
"Ah, tha were a sneaky move yah pulled back thar. Good fight though yah?" He smiled and then fumed slightly as his handshake and headlock were dodged in favor of heading back to Kurama.
Chu slapped him on the back though as he walked up into the ring, "Come on Urameshi! Let's have us a good ol' brawl!" He took a large swig of alcohol from his bottle.
Yusuke grinned and shot up to the stage shouting, "Oh yeah! Let's do this!" There was a fire in his eyes as there always is when he's going to fight a strong opponent.
Koto called the beginning of the match and the two went at it. Hiei sat back down next to Kurama, "There, happy?"
Kurama smiled and pulled Hiei onto his lap, "Yes, but the real question is do you feel better now that you got to punch someone?"
Hiei turned his head to the side mumbling, "would have been better if it was the buffoon." Kurama chuckled at this, "Think the detective will be up for fighting again? Or is he going to make me do all the work?" Hiei finally asked.
Kurama looked up towards the fight for a moment, Yusuke and Chu were giving it their all, which meant that Yusuke was using all of this spirit power and holding nothing back for the fight which later he should have had to do because Kuwabara certainly wasn't going to be able to. "Well, Yusuke certainly holds nothing back. And I don't think Kuwabara is up for the fight quite yet. So maybe if you would be so gracious enough you would indeed fight Touya for Yusuke."
"Ch'"
They both finished off the last of their lunches, just as Hiei took his last bite Yusuke fell backwards into the ring out cold and snoring loudly. So did Chu only a ten second count longer. Kurama signed and rubbed his temple. It was a draw between the teams. That meant that indeed the fifth fight had to take place and Yusuke, Genkai, and Kuwabara were not going to fight. Kurama stood up and stretched with Hiei going to remove Yusuke. Touya did to same for Chu.
"So, whose going to fight me? I honestly would like a chance to fight against your wits Kurama. I'd even give you a handicap for being injured. It would just be a friendly spar." He smiled a bit mischievously and he picked up Chu.
Hiei began to speak but Koto butted in, "OH FOLKS! DID YOU HEAR THAT? Touya just issued Kurama a challenge! But I thought Kurama wasn't going to fight today, then again Hiei said he wasn't going to fight today either but if Kurama declines the challenge Hiei will have to fight twice or their team forfeits." The crowd began to cheer out Kurama's name to fight.
Hiei glared at the announcer, "I am going to be fighting." Kurama put a hand on Hiei's shoulder.
'If I decline this fight it will make it seem like I am not healed, that I am weak. There is not a reason for me to decline this fight anymore. Our excuse has worn out. I have to fight Touya or more will try to come after us. We have to play the rest of this tournament carefully.' Kurama stepped in front of Hiei, "Actually Touya, I would love to spar against you." He turned back towards Hiei, "Koi, why don't you go take Yusuke off the stage" he turned and leaned around Touya, "Rinku, will you come take Chu?"
And of course Rinku bounded up and grabbed Chu, grudgingly Hiei took the detective off, 'Be careful Kurama, use my power if you have to. Touya isn't weak like the Buffoon.'
Now it was Kurama's turn to grin, 'please, like I would not know my own students strength, or ever be beaten by him.' He walked into the center of the ring, "It seems our two teams are tied two for two, I was hoping that I would not have to fight, but it seems that is not the case." He stood relaxed but his body was ready to move in an instant, a vine was slowly growing down both of his sleeves laced with a paralyzing toxin. It wasn't often that Kurama used the properties of the plants against his opponents in battle but it was still a valuable tool, especially if he didn't want to kill his opponent or draw out a battle.
"I've looked forward to this match for a long time Kurama. You always have good advice and taught us how to improve but I never got to spar you." Touya took a fighting stance ice forming and covering his arms. "Seems a bit unfair that you know all my moves and I have only seen you fight others."
Kurama raised a hands in mock surrender making sure his sleeves didn't drop, "Ah but you forget Touya, I have only ever watched you as well, and so it is not an advantage. You simply assume I get more out of watching a fight than you do." He simply smiled and waited for Touya to attack.
Touya took that to mean start and froze over the stadium, creating a thick wall of ice around them. Having accomplished that he charged forwards to Kurama, "I at least know that you don't function as well in the cold" He swung his blade across Kurama's chest slicing the first layer of fabric as Kurama stepped back.
"True, my pets might be a tad bit slower at waking up, and a bit more grouchy, however while I myself might prefer the heat that does not mean I can't function in the cold." Of course this wasn't necessarily a true statement. Kurama could function in the cold if he didn't link to his plants for youki or if he was linked directly into Hiei's heat. But both these options were draining. If he was linked to Hiei, he was basically taking Hiei's youki to heat the earth and plants around him. If he wasn't linked to his plants he wouldn't be in a forced hibernation but he wasn't replenishing his own youki at a suitable pace and ended up sleeping most of the cold season anyway. Being linked to his plants unless they were winter plants, he would go into hibernation like they would. They had always over come this by having Makai plants in the room at night for Kurama to link to and instead of using yokai from the plants during the day, if Kurama was forced to use yokai he would use Hiei's. In the Makai it was never a problem because usually there were plants that survived the winter without hibernation, just like animals.
"I said "as well", didn't I?" He charged again catching Kurama in the shoulder with his elbow. "Now actually fight me, stop talking." He kicked Kurama back hitting the same spot on his shoulder.
Kurama fell back with a gasp and Touya came after him again looking to pin him to the ground by the neck. 'Guess it's time to end this.' Kurama rolled to the side and swiped his arm towards Touya who scoffed.
"What was that? You weren't even anywhere near me. Really Kurama, I expected better out of you, no matter your condition." As he started to walk towards Kurama again he stopped as his knees gave out and he collapsed, "What…" It was then he saw a miniscule scratch along the top of his hand.
"It's simply a paralyzing toxin, nothing to worry about." Kurama smiled and got up hiding his wince. "Honestly I didn't really want to reveal that I have this kind of trick as well but," he turned and looked towards the thick ice. "With your ice wall, no one can see in here anyway so it doesn't matter." Walking over he placed a hand on the ice and melted a hole using his youki, or rather Hiei's. "Oh Miss Koto, I believe you can start the count."
"AHH?! ALREADY?! I WAS JUST GOING TO BREAK IN THERE!" she jumped through the hole Kurama had created and finished the count as the rest of the ice shattered around them.
Jin was up in the ring getting Touya. "It should wear off in a couple of hours Touya, until then, Jin will be amused." Kurama smiled as he stepped off the ring and took the hand that was offered to him, Hiei's of course.
"WAY TO GO FOXY BOY!" Yusuke ran up to him having woken up "I really wasn't looking forward to fighting all of them in a row when the hag ditched out on us, and it's not like he is any help to us." He pointed over towards Kuwabara
Hiei scoffed, "Of course he wouldn't be any help, and you detective could not have fought all of them in a row, you would have lost horribly." Hiei stood next to Kurama so their skin was touching, yokai snapping between them. Yusuke was about to try and punch the small fire demon when suddenly the fox placed his hand on Hiei's shoulder.
"What do you all say we go back up to our rooms and rest in the lounge? I'm sure the girls would love to have a small impromptu party." A lovely smiled graced his face as he started towards the exit, "We will invite the others too, that is, once Touya is feeling better." He chuckled a slightly dark laugh and Hiei wanted to ravish him right there. Hiei loved that side of him, usually he only let Hiei see that side of him when there were no humans around or in his thoughts, but when small things slipped by… Hiei snapped out of it as his fox called mentally still walking away, 'Hiei, are you coming?' Hiei appeared next to Kurama and picked up his pace, neither glancing back.
That night
A few hours later everyone was gathered together in team Urameshi's lounge, Jin's entire team as well as Yomi and Mukuro. The girls served dinner and everyone was satiated, relaxing and exchanging stories. Hiei and Kurama were of course snuggling, well, Kurama was snuggling into Hiei's lap. Hiei was pretending that nothing was happening and trying to look indifferent as usual as he slowly and 'subconsciously' ran his fingers through the fox's hair. At least he said it was subconsciously, not that anyone believed him. 'How are you doing Fox? Does your shoulder still hurt?' Hiei moved his hand to rest on Kurama's shoulder
'No, not really. It's just a little bit tender. But otherwise I'm fine. It was good for me to be able to get a little exercise after everyone has spoiled me the last few days.' Kurama buried his face into Hiei's lap a little deeper
'Spoiled rotten and that's how it should be.' Hiei held onto Kurama's good shoulder a little tighter as Yomi bid everyone good night and Kurama began to fall asleep with out Yomi's presence. Soon he was drifting.
"Should he really be sleeping that much? I mean, isn't he better?" Yusuke asked as he noticed that Kurama was once again asleep. He moved a little bit closer to inspect Kurama's sleeping face before Hiei took a swipe at him.
"He's recovering youki. And don't get so close to a sleeping yokai detective. You should know better." Hiei scoffed and turned his head.
The others laughed lightly at Yusuke's ignorance before everyone froze. Kurama had rolled over to face away from everyone. Hiei sat up straight and energy leaked off of him subconsciously, the other demons from Jin's team backed away. The girls as well as Yusuke and Kuwabara blinked looking at everyone's reactions confused. "What's the matter with you all? It's like one of you did somethin' bad or somethin'." Kuwabara said as he walked into the middle of the room.
Genkai looked at him, "Idiot. Don't get so close to Hiei and Kurama right now. Hiei will kill you in an instant and if you get past Hiei, Kurama will lash out at you." She took another sip of her tea.
Yusuke looked over at her, "Huh? Why? I mean, yeah I know we don't wanna wake up foxy boy or anything but he's been sleeping through our talk for a while now. What's the big deal?" Kuwabara walked back over towards Genkai.
Koenma stepped up behind her, "The big deal Yusuke, is that a yokai never turns its back. Yokai always sleep with their backs against a wall. Always. For Kurama to have rolled over like that means he trusts Hiei exponentially as well as us. Kurama basically just said I choose to put my life into your hands right now to Hiei." Koenma was watching the other yokai in the room to see their reactions. Most of them had taken a step back out of respect or had averted their gaze, moving their heads to a lower position; no one wanted to set off Hiei.
"Just give Hiei a minute or two to evaluate the situation. He will calm down eventually and things will go back to normal." Genkai pulled Kuwabara and Yusuke so they fell onto the couch.
Shiori looked at her son sleeping peacefully. "But I've come in and adjusted his blankets plenty of times from behind of when he slept as a child. It never seemed like a big deal. He would sleep right through without even stirring sometimes." She moved a little bit closer and Hiei looked up sharply at her.
"Shiori." He said sternly trying to hold menace out of his voice, "This is different, Kurama wasn't actually asleep all those times. Even as a baby Kurama has never been asleep in your presence without mine." Hiei slowly lowered his energy so it was just barely surrounding him and Kurama. "He was never asleep those times you came into his room."
Yusuke piped in, "That can't be right. We've seen Kurama asleep lots of times. Hiei too."
"Where were they in regards to one another idiot? Which way were they facing?" Genkai asked.
"Next to each other, facing… oh." Yusuke looked down in thought.
Yukina had walked up behind the couch to hand Hiei a blanket, she was a bit of a different story, Hiei trusted her implicitly and therefore so did Kurama, she could get close but still couldn't touch without Hiei sending the though to Kurama. Hiei turned his head to retrieve the blanket from Yukina when Shiori spoke again, "That's not true, I know when my baby is sleeping." She reached out her hand to stroke Kurama's hair.
Everything from that point on happened so fast. Jin had reached for and grabbed Shiori pulling her back, Touya had formed a sort of ice bubble around Jin and Shiori, and Yukina and Botan screamed. Kurama had been completely asleep so when Shiori touched him he was startled awake and pure instincts took over. He spun around quickly slashing with a full set of claws tipped with plant poison, which luckily Jin had pulled her from in time and Hiei grabbed Kurama pulling him back as plants began swarming around the bubble and rose, poised to break through and stab, "KURAMA!" Hiei yelled. He froze as Hiei called his name with a slight wince realizing what just happened. Color quickly drained from his face as the vines dropped down limply onto the ground laying where they fell. No one said anything.
Touya's ice melted and for the first time Kurama could see his mother's face. It was as pale as his and she was shaking from head to toe. Thoughts raced through his head so fast he was sure Hiei couldn't keep up, heck he couldn't even keep up. His first thought was that nothing had actually happened to his mother, which was good, she was unharmed. His second thought was that he no longer had the right to call her mother, which utterly shattered his heart. His third thought was that he needed to leave the Ningenkai. Kurama mouthed something like 'sorry' towards Shiori and vanished borrowing Hiei's speed subconsciously.
He was back in their room throwing things into a bag and leaving the others to the damage control. He would go to the Makai. Yes, that was a good idea. Hiei would follow him there, Shiori would never be able to see him because once he was there Enma would surely try and seal him there after having attacked a human. Haphazardly he closed the bag picking it up and turning to see Hiei placing the last of a ward on the room, one even the great thief would have a little trouble breaking out of.
"Kurama" he approached the fox slowly holding out a hand.
"No, we have to go, I can't… I just…" he couldn't even bring himself to say the words, to even think what had happened. He looked towards the window only to be disappointed that the ward went all the way around the room.
Hiei took another step towards Kurama who was now in a full-blown panic and starting to hyperventilate. "Kurama, she's fine. Nothing happened." He gripped both of Kurama's arms pushing him back till he was sitting on the bed and the bag had fallen out of his hand.
"We need to leave for the Makai, I packed our things. We can go to my old den and…" Kurama was cut off.
"Kurama. Listen to me." Hiei shook him slightly making his face level with Kurama's waiting till the fox's eyes met his. He wasn't yelling his tone wasn't raised. It was calm and collected. It was this that originally drew Kurama towards Hiei. "Now look, nothing happened to Shiori. I was just explaining that she should not get near you." Hiei brushed the hair out of Kurama's face, moving it behind his ear. "It was my fault. I let her get closer than the rest because she was your mother. I thought she would listen. But you can't expect a human to understand everything about demons right away." He was kneeling in front of Kurama now.
"But, her face." Kurama was looking between Hiei and the door trying to find a way out, "She was terrified."
Hiei grabbed Kurama's chin and made him stay focused, "Stop looking for a way out." Once Kurama began to focus on Hiei's eyes, Hiei moved his hand to Kurama's cheek. "Did you think maybe your mother was terrified that she had frightened you or offended you because I had just told her not to do exactly what she just did?" Hiei moved up and pushed Kurama backwards; "There will always be an initial shock when humans and demons learn new things about one another."
"I don't deserve her as a mother, I moved to attack her. I was poised to kill all of them." Kurama lay back with Hiei pulling the fire demon up alongside of him. "We have to go to the Makai tonight."
Hiei moved and began to kiss Kurama, working his lips and running his hands slowly along Kurama's side causing a slightly moan to escape, enough to take advantage. Hiei thrust his tongue into the fox's mouth parting his lips and deepening the kiss. It seemed like it would last forever but then Kurama broke away panting harshly and Hiei smiled, "Just wait until the morning when everyone has had some time to think." Kurama nodded dumbly, still trying to catch his breath and recover from his lust, as Hiei moved his hand downwards running his palm slowly along Kurama's inner thigh.
Kurama swallowed, "Hiei, what are you?" he asked slowly regaining some of his wits.
Hiei kissed him again quickly deepening it speaking mentally now that their mouths were quite occupied, 'distracting you from your brain.' With that he began untying the belt from Kurama's Chinese fighting outfit, pulling it out from under him with a snap, and dropping it on the ground. Slowly Hiei broke off the kiss and while keeping eye contact with Kurama he moved down the fox's body leaving a trail of soft chaste kisses. He eventually made it down to Kurama's feet and slipped off the fox's shoes before running his hands up Kurama's pants legs a short ways heating and massaging the muscles that were ready to run and still were. Standing at the end of the bed he grabbed ahold of the cuff of Kurama's pants and pulled swiftly throwing them to the floor.
"Hiei!" Kurama gasped sitting up and glancing at the door behind which all of their friends sat and no doubt some of them were trying to listen in. He was silenced however as Hiei pushed him back and kissed him once again. He felt a hand brush against his leg underneath the long part of his outfit until the hand started to creep its way up and began to rub him through the cloth of his underwear.
The fox let out a luxurious moan he had been holding back into the kiss as Hiei started to rub his member so Hiei decided to reward the fox with some information. "The ward can't be broken from the outside either." He kissed up and down the side of Kurama's neck still rubbing the fox, "and it's soundproof." He moved up to the fox's ear and biting and licking it softly. With warm breath he whispered, "So let me hear your voice tonight Kurama." That certainly got a reaction, he was already whimpering slightly but Hiei's words made his member harder as it twitched under Hiei's hand.
"Hiei," Kurama mumbled. That seemed like the only thing Kurama was able to say anymore. He turned his head to the side and grabbed a fist full of blankets. Slowly the thoughts of what had happened were fading away for the moment to be replaced by thoughts of what was to come. His eyes opened a bit wider as Hiei moved down and kissed the tip of his member through both his shirt panel and his underwear.
As Hiei kissed the fox's member he grinned at the taste of pre-cum leaking through both sets of fabric. "Kurama, you've stained your favorite fighting outfit. Now you won't be able to fight in the tournament." This caused the fox to throw an arm over his face but Hiei could still see the blush that powdered the fox's cheeks. Kurama was very sensitive tonight again. This would be fun. Hiei licked along Kurama's member overtop of the fabric making it even wetter.
Kurama's breath hitched as he felt Hiei's tongue. Biting his lip softly he moved to bat Hiei away and pull him up for a kiss but his wrist was quickly grabbed. Soon it was pinned to his side and his other wrist was quick to follow. He panted softly from the quick burst of speed and strength from the two as they battled for dominance. Kurama gave in and he lay with his torso turned slightly to the side and both of his hands pinned together by one of Hiei's.
Hiei grinned, "Well, are you going to behave?" he asked with another kiss to the tip of the fox's member. With a quick nod from Kurama, he released the wrists he held captive, which Kurama buried in Hiei's hair. Underneath Kurama's shirt Hiei pulled down the fox's underwear leaving them around his ankles. At least this way Kurama wouldn't be able to think about his mother or leaving the Ningenkai yet, but seeing him like this was really getting to Hiei. Inside his own pants he was growing painfully hard and his tight pants were not helping the fact. He kissed Kurama again while stroking the fox's now bare member underneath the shirt.
Kurama was in bliss, he was bothered and happy, content and unsatisfied, he wanted more but he had so much. All he knew at the moment was that he wanted Hiei out of his clothes and he wanted his own clothes off. Moving his hands down he figured he would start with Hiei since he himself was already half naked. Swiftly his fingers began undoing the numerous belts that looped around his lover's waist. With a small growl he tossed the last one on the ground and Hiei laughed at him. Laughed! A little more quickly Kurama now fiddled with the button and zipper of Hiei's pants.
Hiei smiled at his fox, wanting to move quicker. He got up and stepped back to the end of the bed slowly pulling the shirt over his head, throwing it at Kurama before stepping out of his pants and underwear and walking over to the side of the bed, "Be a good boy Kurama and hold up your shirt so it's out of the way" he picked up the end of the shirt resting between Kurama's knees and held it to the fox's lips, waiting for them to part. A smirk appeared as Kurama bit down lightly on the fabric pulling it up and out of the way with both hands to reveal erect member in the full light. He observed his fox for a moment before crawling between his legs to begin sucking and licking tortuously slow.
Kurama whimpered, pulling at the fabric in his mouth. Subconsciously he began to thrust upwards into Hiei's mouth before a hand came to his hip pinning him to the bed. He bunched the fabric tight in his hands and wrung it again and again. Hiei just wouldn't go faster. He looked down and met Hiei's eyes briefly, "Please Hiei" he managed to beg.
Hiei was happy to oblige after hearing Kurama ask for it. He bobbed his head faster and pulled more of Kurama's member into his mouth. Adding his own fingers into the mix until he determined they were thoroughly coated. Hiei kept slowing down and removing his hand every time Kurama was about to reach his peak. While Kurama was riding on his high Hiei slowly inserted one finger into Kurama. Slowly pushing it in and out until it was relaxed.
Kurama bit through his shirt as Hiei inserted his finger and then another. He tried his best to relax his muscles but oh Inari did it ever feel so good he was having trouble concentrating on anything. Slowly he relaxed and then suddenly Hiei shifted his fingers and none of that mattered anymore.
Hiei had hit the spot. He grinned as an exited sort of yip came from Kurama. He moved faster to bring the fox to his completion. Finally, he removed his mouth and let Kurama cum.
Hiei's mouth was so warm, and his fingers were working overtime. The pleasure from the orgasm gradually subsided. As he focused back on Hiei, he saw that his fire demon was lying on his back with a full erect member looking at Kurama expectantly. Oh of course Kurama would deliver. Kurama moved himself to sit on Hiei's chest and kissed him deeply for a long time. Breaking away and leaving a trail of saliva, Kurama moved on top of Hiei's erection and lined himself up. Teasingly slowly Kurama lowered himself onto Hiei moaning and making lewd faces the entire time. Kurama held down the little fire demons hips as he moved all the way down and then all the way up Hiei's member.
By now Hiei was growling slightly. He had been nice enough to Kurama and hadn't teased him too much, but once you let the fox be in charge of course it going to be all teasing. Hiei gritted his teeth for a long drawn out erection.
Kurama continued his slow pace with his face bent downward so his bangs covered his eyes and cheeks. Hiei was so big inside of him, no matter how many times they did it; the size always still surprised Kurama. Resting his palms on Hiei's chest he picked up the pace slightly. His legs were already shaking though and he was having some trouble keeping in control.
Hiei grinned seeing Kurama distracted. The fox had moved his hands up to Hiei's chest and off of his hips. Slowly Hiei ran his hands up Kurama's sides dragging his claws lightly across the skin leaving goose bumps in his wake. Softly, he called out, "Kurama." The moment the fox looked up at him, his face flushed and filled with lust, Hiei thrust upwards into Kurama while pulling him down with his hands around the fox's waist. Kurama let out an ungodly scream that shifted into a pleasure filled moan as Hiei won back command and received a sight only for him. Hiei had to slow himself down to keep from ending too soon. Everything about Kurama turned him on. The way he tossed his head back, the way his pain shifted to pleasure immediately, the way his sweat glistened on his bare chest, and the way that once Hiei got him going the fox would sync his body to whatever Hiei was doing automatically.
Kurama was no longer thinking, just feeling. He sped up his pace now going down harder and faster on Hiei's member then before. Hiei thrust upwards to meet him and Hiei would hit his prostate with every thrust. He could feel Hiei slow slightly to keep himself in check, which Kurama was grateful for because he himself was on the edge. Slowly he felt Hiei sitting up and the angle shifted moving deeper into Kurama. Now Hiei was licking and nipping at his nipples while holding onto his hips pushing him downwards. "Hiei" he swallowed, "Hiei, stop…." He squeezed his eyes shut, "I can't… I won't be able to."
"It's okay." With that Hiei thrust upwards hard into Kurama hitting his prostate once again and was rewarded as Kurama screamed riding high on the pleasure of an orgasm. He clenched tight around Hiei's member as his cum made a mess out of both of their chests. In his orgasmic state Kurama started to ride harder and faster on Hiei and he could no longer hold back either. With how tight Kurama had become Hiei reached his peak and came inside of Kurama.
They both fell backwards onto the bed as they calmed down slightly. Hiei pulled Kurama up whom gratefully rested his head on Hiei's shoulder. As Kurama rested Hiei began to play with his hair slowly combing through the sweat soaked locks.
As Kurama lay on his fire demons shoulder with his hair being brushed, all he could do was purr softly and give in to Hiei's whim to wait until morning. He would be to tired to travel through the Makai now, not to mention with the scent of sex lingering on the two as much as it was, other low class demons would be swarming all over them with lust. Ever so slowly as Hiei's eyes shut, Kurama's eyes did as well. He would wait until tomorrow. It didn't hurt to wait every once and a while, did it?
Day 5
There was a knock on the door and Hiei was already awake having dropped the ward around the room moments earlier. He sat up in bed and looked towards the door the fox still with his head resting on Hiei's lap.
Genkai took this as a sign to walk into the room. As she looked around she scoffed slightly, "At least you didn't destroy the room."
Kurama sat up burly eyes and yawned. Genkai had an odd relationship with the two demons. Kurama didn't really care how she saw him and wasn't as shy around her as others about their relationship, probably because she had known for a while and was very accepting of demon culture. "Good morning Master Genkai, don't worry we will be leaving shortly. We don't wish to cause trouble."
Genkai looked the two over, "You are both functioning. Good. Someone will bring in breakfast for the two of you." She ignored Kurama's comment about leaving. "And by the way Kurama, you know she isn't upset with you." With that Genkai walked out of the room.
Kurama looked after her before turning back to Hiei, "We are leaving you know."
Hiei just motioned his hand as he lay back down, "We'll talk after breakfast" he said, the grogginess in his voice coming back now that no one could hear it.
"Hiei" Kurama said looking down at him.
Said fire demon cracked opened one eye and examined the fox, "Besides, don't you want to have one more nice shower before going back to the Makai?" He asked nonchalantly rolling over.
Kurama turned and looked out the window, "Well yes I suppose, but eventually I would update the den…. I mean, we can't be living in a hole."
"Kurama, a fox den is a hole. It is a hole in the ground or the side of a mountain." Hiei pulled the fox back down besides him on the bed. "So yes, if we went to the Makai, we would technically be living in a hole.
"Yes but a hole and a den are two completely different things. A den you create and add to. Things like lights and running water we can add in. A hole is just, well, a hole." Kurama let himself be pulled down. "We would not be living in a hole, I wouldn't allow it. I have never once lived in a hole except for before my fox mother tossed me out."
Hiei pulled the fox under him sitting on his chest, "Don't start this argument, you won't win. A den starts as a hole. It is still a hole. It is just an upgraded hole."
Kurama looked up at him, "You never seemed to have issues staying in my dens before, actually you seemed quite fond of them."
Hiei fixed him with a look, "I have nothing against den's, and I do enjoy the ones you create they are very comfortable and secure. I just wanted you to admit that it is a hole and that if fact we have lived in holes for a lot of our lives."
Kurama quirked an eyebrow at him, "Why is this so important what are you doing?" He moved to sit up but Hiei stopped him as he started to tickle the fox. It was a weakness Hiei had discovered and used to his full advantage anytime he could.
"Actually, I don't care at all about holes or dens or where we have and will live. As long as I am living with you I don't really care. The environment doesn't bother me. Really all I was doing was stalling you out because I smell…" he was interrupted as there was a knock on the door. Still tickling Kurama relentlessly he quickly turned towards the door, "Come in" before turning back to Kurama and whispering, "waffles."
The first thing Kurama saw through his tears of laughter were two large plates of waffles. One stacked high with whipped cream, chocolate syrup and chocolate chips, the other a simply waffle with strawberries and other fruits. Of course if Hiei smelled sugar he would stall for time. He batted Hiei's hands away to sit up and wipe away his tears. His eyes trailed from the plates to the arms that were carrying the plates and they needn't go any further. In a light short-sleeved pink shirt stood Shiori with the two plates of food for them. "Mo….Shiori. What are you doing here?"
Hiei had moved behind Shuichi and held him close in a hug. Moving to sit down in the chair next to the bed Shiori sat the two plates of the nightstand. "I came to see how my son was doing, and don't you dare call me Shiori. You are never to old to call me your mother." She smiled at him and Hiei nodded so she reached out and patted his leg through the blanket.
Kurama was still in a little bit of shock. "That you for the meal Mrs. Hatanaka. It looks delicious." With that Hiei took up his plate, the one covered in all things sugar, and started to mow it down.
"Hiei, I told you, you don't have to call me Mrs. Hatanaka or Minamino, just Shiori or mother is perfect." She winked, "although I would prefer mother." She turned towards Shuichi, "Shuichi sweaty, I'm sorry for the other night. I didn't mean to startle you. Hiei and everyone had just finished telling me that it was very important not to touch you from behind. I didn't believe them. You are my little baby so I never"
Kurama interrupted her, "Mother, please don't apologize. What happened was completely my fault I should have more control over my instincts. I knew that I was in a room full of friends and family so I should have had no reason to be worried. If anyone should be apologizing it is I. I'm sorry mother. And you don't have to worry; we will be leaving later today so you don't have to be frightened any longer."
Shiori looked at the fox so confused. "Leaving, why in the world would you be leaving? I have nothing to be frightened of now that I know you are not upset with me. If you don't want to frighten me you should not be going. If you leave then I will not know where you are and I will worry about you. I know the types of things and people that come after you Shuichi Minamino. I like it much better when I can see you whenever I choose."
Kurama sat dumbfounded on the bed. "But aren't you scared of me? That I might attack you again? That you could get killed?"
Shiori raised an eyebrow, "Please, I raised you for 16 years without knowing you were a demon and I continue to do so. You have not harmed me once in all those years not to mention I doubt Hiei would let any harm come to me." Hiei nodded in agreement.
"There you have it fox. We don't have to leave the Ningenkai. Now eat your waffles before I do." Hiei set down his plate back on the nightstand.
Shiori nodded, "Don't you dare leave or I will come and track you down myself." She stood and picked up Hiei's plate. As she turned around and made her way towards the door she stopped and turned back around, "Oh and Shuichi dear, you and Hiei might want to take a shower and wash off your nights activities. Maybe a shirt and some pants to hide the rest." She winked and turned the rest of the way walking out and closing the door.
Hiei burst out laughing as Kurama pulled the sheets up to his face and a bush crawled to the tops of his ears, "MOOOOOMMM!" He shouted. They could just hear Shiori laugh in the next room and the atmosphere in the hotel shifted back to normal.
