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A/N: Some of my friends on DA have been begging for an Epilogue, so here's the first part of it!! ^^
Epilogue I
Spring. It was spring again. The air was cool and the breeze feathered across one's skin just like it did that very same day, exactly one year from today.
Hiei was off to Kurama's grave early in the morning to sit vigil that whole day. He planned on sleeping there too. In his had he carried a rare and beautiful blue rose with many of his ebony tear gems casing the stem like a narrow vase.
On his short walk to the cliff where he had discovered his mates life-leaking body he had a strange suspicion he was being followed but just couldn't figure out from which direction.
Hiei took the long way to the grave to see if he could try and locate him follower, but he seemed to have lost the stalker when he veered off the main trail to the grave.
Hiei decided to keep his eyes peeled and alert.
Taking an extra ten minutes Hiei finally made it to the grave sight.
A smoothed gray stone stood four feet and twice the width of Hiei.
Hiei's eyes darkened with new saddened pain even though it had already been a whole year.
"Hey Foxie. Sorry I didn't come sooner. I was a bit reluctant to come today, but I didn't want to be rude."
Hiei hid his eyes from the world with his bangs as he placed the rose-vase-beaded flower up against the grave.
The morning sun peered from behind a cloud casting it's heavenly light upon the dark Dragon-Jagon Master.
Thousands of sparkles glistened all over the grave.
Each tear gem Hiei shed he had brought them here. Placing them at his lovers grave.
More gems fell from the fire demons eyes as he turned and sat up against his mates grave stone.
With a heave and tiring sigh from lack of rest Hiei was soon fast asleep.
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Night had long since fallen and Hiei was still asleep against Kurama's grave.
Just then Hiei was brought back to reality but something went and furry touching his hand.
When he opened his eyes he saw it was a young fox. It look no more then a year only.
Hiei left the young creature be until it seemed to be going after the blue rose.
"Hey!" Hiei hollered drawing his katana as he growled a warning threat for the fox to back off.
The young fox did back up but not as much and didn't run away.
"You leave that alone, you hear me!" Hiei warned raising his sword.
"Kuu!" The fox squeaked, rose, and started walked towards Hiei.
The fox rubbed it's head against Hiei's cheek.
Hiei smiled and sheathed his sword.
"You very affectionate for a wild fox."
"Kuu!" was the fox's replay as it curled up into Hiei's lap resting it's head in between his thigh and stomach. It's paw hung over his thigh as it's tail wrapped in his lap. The fox quickly fell asleep.
Hiei could only smile as he remember his beloved Fox doing the exact same thing when he was in his fox form. There was just one thing miss…
Then he heard it. The fox was purring.
Hiei stared in shock at the young wild fox.
The moon chose that time to cast it's majestic and mystical light down upon the fire demon and when his eyes saw astonished him beyond the end.
Curled up and asleep in his lap was a sliver fox.
Hiei reached down to pet the fox with a trembling hand. When his hand made contact Hiei gave a shocked gasp as he began petting the silver fox. It's fur was just as soft as his Fox's fur.
Hiei could contain his voice any longer.
"Kurama…?" he begged, voice trembling with dread that his hopes would be false.
As if it were answering him the fox kuu-ed again, rubbing closer into Hiei's body and purring louder.
Hiei wanted to cry but didn't what form. He didn't know if it was for relief of sorrow. So he wrapped the little fox in his arms and buried his face in it's fur just as he had once with his mate.
Hiei inhaled deeply. It's scent was a bit different yet was the same as him mates. It had to be him.
Hiei buried his face deeper into the silver fox's fur as he cried himself back to sleep.
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The next morning He awoke to his empty arms.
Instantly he felt the urge to bawl but that was short lived when the silver fox came bounding out of the forest carrying two voles, a squirrel, and rabbit in it's jaws.
The fox dropped then at Hiei's feet as rose it's head to look up at him.
Last night was to dark to see and when the moon came out it was too late, but now he saw and knew in his heart his young fox was it Foxie Kurama. There was no mistaking it for no Human World foxes were silver let alone has piecing green eyes.
"Kurama!" Hiei lunged for his fox and bear hugged.
The fox seemed to be none effected but the strength of the hug and was licking Hiei face rapidly as if kissing him.
"Kurama you're alive!"
"Kuu! Kuu!" the fox replayed cheerfully. Then it stopped all movement as it felt Hiei trembling and tears soaking it's fur.
"Kuu?" the fox squeaked as it leaned in and began licking Hiei's tears away.
"K-Kur-Kurama!!"
The silver fox's emerald like forest eyes shun with bliss as it saw how much the fire demon seemed to his him.
Hiei finally released Kurama, turned and grabbed the rose. When he turned back around Kurama was sitting with the tip of his tail twitching, one ear flopped down to the side, his paws tucked into his belly, and his head tilted in to opposite direction of his flopped ear.
Hiei tied the rose around Kurama's right ear sighing in content.
He then scooped up his Fox and headed back to there den.
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Tonight was a full moon. It had been two weeks since Hiei had found Kurama again in a Human World version fox form.
But tonight Hiei knew something was going to happen because Kurama was acting antsy and was preparing the bed (pelts) for something.
Well, Hiei didn't have to wait long because as soon as night fell Kurama took off out of the den.
Hiei was right now his tail determined not to lose his Fox again.
Finally Kurama stopped at the cliff.
Hiei halted to a stop. It was Kurama's grave cliff. Hiei hadn't been back there since the sliver fox came to him the night of his mates death anniversary two weeks ago, but it seemed like the fox had been there several time for all of Hiei's tear gems were realigned in the form of a rose that looked like it was engulfed in black fire.
"Kurama, what are you…?
The sliver fox then turned and trotted over to the grave stone and sat before it, waiting.
Hiei didn't understand.
"Kurama come on. Let's go-" When Hiei took a step forward the fox dropped in a pounce position, bared his hangs, and growled viciously.
Hiei froze in mid second step. "Kurama?"
Kurama swung his paw in the air, slamming it down before him.
"What are you trying to tell me?" Hiei begged.
Kurama pointed with his tail to the flamed rose then turned back to Hiei and slammed his paw in front of himself again.
Hiei's eyes shot wide. He could mean…
"Kurama? You really don't think I can do that to you, right? I could never-"
"Krrah!" he roared in a wild growl. It's tail pointed up to the sky as he stood in his pounce pose, fur fluffed, looking fierce and ready for a vicious battle.