Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from the Yu Yu Hakusho series. I only own the storyline. There will be no original characters in this story, only two characters. This one shot is a story written for a request for someone. I hope it brightens someone's day.

What happens when Kurama's birthday rolls around and he spends the day alone with Youko? And exactly WHAT does the Youko do for the young redhead for his birthday?

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Happy Birthday to Arashi Wolf Princess. I hope you like it. This one is for you.

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Chapter Two: Birthday Surprise

Kurama laid his pillow on the couch down the hall and sighed heavily. He was so glad that he did not live with his mother anymore. He did miss her, but he was grateful all the same. At least when Youko or Hiei visited him, he did not have to worry that his mother would walk in and see them and flip out. Hiei had erased all memories of himself from her mind and that was why Kurama had moved. Kurama didn't want her to freak out when she came into his room and seen a stranger sitting on his window sill. Kurama sighed heavily again as he sat on the couch.

Why had he snapped at the Youko like that? He had heard the same question many times before and not once had he reacted like that? Why did he react in such a way this time? Kurama shook his head and leaned back against the cushions. He turned his head and seen the rain beating against the window and frowned. He wondered if he was gonna be stuck inside the house the next day. He was hoping not, considering he hated being cooped up all day; even on rainy days.

He shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair and sighed lightly. He looked down the hall towards his bedroom. He frowned, he had told the Youko to leave and then he left the room before the Youko could argue with him. Kurama looked around the darkened living room of his apartment and sighed again. He only hoped that he didn't piss off the fox enough to make him leave. He didn't want Youko to leave, his visits really were such a treat for him. Being connected to the fox for seventeen years and to suddenly be all alone... that scared the young redhead more than he cared to admit.

Kurama finally gave up to his body's need for sleep and laid against the pillow. He closed his eyes and fell asleep quicker than he normally would. He fell into such a deep sleep that his senses did not even notice that there was an influx of energies that suddenly surrounded the entire house. Upstairs, Youko stood at the open window with a smirk on his face. His powers would put the people in the apartment complex to sleep or else blind them to what was really happening. The smirk on his face grew as his powers spread and continued to fulfill their purpose, as dark and devious as it might have been.

"You want to run me off?" Youko said darkly as he closed the window he had been leaning out of. He smiled as the moon was slowly blocked out of the room, casting an everlasting dark shadow into the apartment. "You shall find out soon enough, my delicious redhead... That is easier said than done."

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Kurama stretched lightly as his internal alarm clock went off. He opened his eyes and frowned. Instead of finding the early rays of dawn peering into the room, Kurama found only darkness. He sat up and frowned. The darkness was not like that of just nighttime dark. This darkness was as if something was keeping the light out. He sat up and looked at the window to his left, frowning as he seen something there. He stood up and walked to the window. His frown grew deeper and he sighed heavily. The light was indeed being blocked by something. By Youko's power over plants. The giant vines were pulsing against the window, letting in only bits of light as they pulsed. Baffled, Kurama walked over to the front door and gripped the handle. He turned the knob, but found that no matter how much he pulled, the door would not budge. He pulled again, as if by miracle it would budge after a moment. To no surprise, it didn't move. He sighed heavily and turned his back to the door. He leaned against the door and shook his head. He couldn't believe his luck. Kurama growled lightly. That damned fox...

Kurama felt a moment of dread fall over him. Youko... was he so mad that he would block him INSIDE like this after what he had said last night? Kurama turned down the hall and frowned. Was he still here? Kurama swallowed lightly, Gods above please let him still be here, he prayed silently. Kurama pushed himself off the door and ran down the hall. He opened the door to his room and went inside. He found his room completely empty. He swallowed lightly as he looked around the room, feeling the walls starting to close in on him. Being connected to the Youko had shoved his claustrophobia to the side... but at the present time... it was starting to rear it's ugly head once again. He shook his head and pushed his sudden fear to the side. Had Youko been that upset? To use his weakness against him and lock him inside the house all by himself when the fox KNEW how much he hated it?!

Kurama groaned and walked out of his bedroom and walked down the hall, stopping to lean on the wall for a moment before turning into the kitchen. He shook his head as all the emotions that he was holding back came flooding to the surface. Why did he have to go off on the fox like he had the night before? What in the world had possessed him to even attempt to throw the fox out? Had he actually had a senial moment? He was only twenty three... twenty four now. He frowned and balling his fists up at his sides.

"Youko..." he said softly as he hit the wall beside him. "I didn't mean it! You know I never mean it!"

Kurama groaned again and looked around at the three windows in his apartment, completely blocked by the giant pulsing vines. He didn't even consider how the rest of the residents at the apartment complex were handling the fact that there were giant vines surrounding the building. At the moment, the young redhead didn't even care. All he wanted was to apologize to the fox and get out of here.

"I'm sorry..." Kurama whispered lightly as his back slid down the wall until he was crouched on the ground against the wall. "I'm so sorry..."

"I know you are," a dark voice said above him.

Kurama's head snapped up and he found himself peering into the golden eyes of the tall fox. Youko held two cups in his hand, holding one of them out to the redhead. "Youko..."

Youko waited until Kurama spoke to crouch down beside him. "Did you seriously think that I would be run off that easily?"

Kurama took the mug of hot tea from the Youko. He looked up into the fox's golden eyes and frowned. "I don't know what came over me last night..."

"You don't have to apologize," Youko said as he leaned against the wall beside him, crossing his legs beneath him. "I know that I hit a button or two. But I was serious when it came to your birthday. I have not missed a single one of your birthdays, whether or not we were connected or not. I will not abandon you."

Kurama frowned and sighed lightly. "I may have overreacted. I DID overreact last night... and there was no excuse for it."

"I said that you don't have to apologize," Youko said to the redhead, as if the first time was not enough.

Kurama took a sip of his tea and leaned his head back against the wall. He glanced down the hall to the blocked window. "Now that you have my attention... can you please take down the vines?"

Kurama noticed that there was a wicked gleam in his companion's eye. Kurama frowned as the Youko sat there for a moment, not answering his question. After what seemed like ages to the young redhead, Youko spoke, "Well... I would... if they would listen to me."

Kurama frowned. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

Youko shrugged his shoulders. "I am stuck here for the next twenty four hours. And as for my instructions last night... the vines will not listen to me or to you. They will come down when the twenty four hours has passed."

Kurama's eyes widened at hearing this. Was the Youko mad?! "You mean to tell me that I am stuck in here for a whole day?!"

Youko smiled lightly and nodded. "Yep. And so am I."

"All this just to spend my birthday with me?" Kurama asked. "Why on earth would you go to such lengths just to spend a single day with me?"

Youko sat his cup to the side and turned slightly onto his hip to stare at the redhead sitting next to him. "You are not listening to me, Kurama. I have told you why. I have yet to miss a birthday... and I am not about to start now."

"But still, Youko... Why would you lock us both in here?" Kurama asked. "I mean, you could have just told me that you were not going to leave. I might have ignored you a bit, but that would have faded."

Youko shrugged his shoulders. "I didn't come here to be ignored."

"I said that would have faded," Kurama said to him. "I mean, come on, it is YOU that we are talking about here... No one can ignore you for very long."

Youko smiled lightly and shrugged a single shoulder at him. Yeah, he was a proud creature and ignoring him was damned near impossible to do. "So... Birthday Boy... What do you want to do today?"

Kurama sighed heavily. "Go outside."

Youko frowned and shook his head. "Can't do that. I told you... the vines will not listen to me today. I told them not to."

Kurama groaned lightly. "Then I don't know what I want to do, Youko... You of all people know that I spend most of my day outside. Especially when YOU know that I cannot stand being locked up in a small space."

Youko smiled lightly. "The only way to overcome that is to face it."

"Yeah?" Kurama growled. "Thanks to you... I AM facing it!"

Youko frowned and shook his head. So the youth was gonna be stubborn about this. Oh well, he was a fox. He had all the patience in the world when it came to things that he wanted. And right now, he wanted the gorgeous redhead sitting beside him. Yes, it was cruel of him to have used Kurama's claustrophobia against him, but soon enough, the redhead would not be worrying about the vines surrounding the building. He will be more focused on other things. Namely, the fox.

"No matter how long I was connected to you... I will never understand your reasoning in life, Youko..." Kurama said, sounding almost defeated.

Youko smiled lightly. "Alas... a gift I am granted."

Kurama frowned and turned to him. "Gift? How is my misunderstanding of you a gift?"

Youko smiled again and glanced up at the heavens above. "Because you will never be able to predict my next move."

Kurama shook his head. "That isn't much of a gift, you know..."

Youko chuckled lightly and shrugged his shoulders. "You have no idea how wrong you really are at the moment."

"Besides... I'm the one celebrating a birthday here... I should be the one granted a gift," Kurama pointed out.

Youko smirked and looked at the young redhead. "So... you are wanting a gift, are you?"

Kurama looked at the fox, suddenly nervous about the tone in the voice that seemed to glide over him like a river.

"Such a human sentiment..." Youko said and sat on his knees facing the redhead. "But if it a request from you... I am willing to submit to human formalities for the time being."

Kurama frowned and tilted his head to the side, the hairs on the back of his neck warning him to keep his mouth shut. Unfortunately, his curiosity got the best of him. "What is that supposed to mean?"

Youko smiled and stood up. "You want a birthday present from me, then I shall give you one."

Youko held out his hand to the young redhead. Kurama looked at the fox's hand as if it was a poisonous viper waiting to strike him. He looked back at the fox and seen an odd gleam in his eye. This was a side that he had never seen to the fox before. But then again, he visited so rarely these days that it was not a surprise. Every one of Kurama's senses were telling him to run, but the redhead was finding it harder and harder to resist that gleam in those shimmering golden orbs staring down at him. Kurama glanced at the hand one last time before setting his cup to the side and reaching up. After a moment of hesitation, he reached up and took hold of the outstretched hand. Youko smiled lightly and pulled the youth to his feet.

Youko pulled him into his embrace and smirked down at the redhead. "I shall give you a present that you will never forget."

The next thing Kurama knew was the pressure of Youko's firm lips covering his own, swallowing the gasp that escaped from his throat. Youko's arms wrapped around the youth and pulled him closer, and Kurama groaned lightly as he found his grasp on reality begin to fade around him.

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End of Chapter Two: Birthday Surprise.

Hehe, I know, cliff hanger! But I promise that the next chapter is gonna be a good one. A kiss is not the only thing that the fox has planned for our favorite redhead. Stay tuned and find out what is in store for Kurama.

I know that I said that it was gonna be a two chapter story... but I cannot help myself. I HAD to leave a cliff hanger so that you would want to read the next part. I am looking forward to any and ALL reviews to this story. So please, do not be shy when it comes to your opinions.

I am also up for requests... however, I do not do crossovers. I find them very difficult and so I make it a thing to avoid them all together. Please, if you have a request for a story (Oneshot or not) please message me and I will get back to you on whether or not I will be up for the challenge.