Yusuke watched as Kurama passed out on the couch beside his sleeping mother. He picked him up and placed him in his bed carefully upstairs while he watched over Shiori. When she woke up she blinked and asked, "What happened?"
"Hey," Yusuke said, "I'm Yusuke, Kur-Shuichi's friend."
"I remember you," she said distantly, "you visited me with Shuichi at the hospital. That was quite a while ago. Where is Shuichi anyway? Why am I on the couch?"
"Oh, well, you worked yourself up cooking in the kitchen earlier and fainted," he explained as he helped her stand up, "Shuichi was so worried that he called me over to take care of you since he was so anxiety riddled. He's upstairs sleeping now."
Shiori said, "You're such a good friend. Do you need anything, a cup of tea? Some water? I hope Shuichi's alright." She started walking to the kitchen.
Yusuke thought, She's not going to take no for an answer. "I'll take some tea, thanks. You know what, I'll go check on Shuichi...see if he wants anything." He started heading for the stairs.
"You're so thoughtful!" she replied.
Not long after Yusuke walked into Kurama's room did he open his eyes. He sat upright and said, "Where's Daiki? How did I get to my room?" He looked around his bedroom and saw Yusuke sitting calmly there.
"Hey you're back," Yusuke said, "just got rid of one of those disk thingys that make you freeze in place. We killed Daiki."
"My mother," Kurama said as he stood up, "is she okay?"
"She's downstairs, making some tea," he replied, "you can relax you know. Botan made sure she didn't remember anything that she saw."
Kurama paced around the room, "What did she see? I can't remember anything, those freqency disks are rediculous. I need to talk to Koenma about them. I transformed! What did my mother say when she saw me." He looked at Yusuke, nervously waiting for an answer.
He said, "She thought you were a cute fox. Don't worry, we wiped her memory anyway so she won't remember your fox ears, or that you have silver hair. Are you okay?" He walked as Kurama walked in circles around his bedroom.
"Cute?" he asked, "It's always women that think that. I suppose I shouldn't have been so worried. What does she think happened?"
"She thinks she fainted from overworking earlier," Yusuke replied, "don't worry about it. Like I said, she's making tea. Want some?" He pointed to the door. Kurama nodded and walked downstairs.
Shiori turned around and saw her son enter the kitchen. "You're okay!" she said happily. "I'm making tea for your friend, would you like some?"
"Of course," he replied, "are you feeling alright yourself?"
"Yes," she answered, "I seemed to have overworked myself earlier but I'm alright now."
Yusuke watched from the small distance as they talked. He didn't want to remember her reaction to the truth, he thought, that he's really a fox demon that's fallen in love with his own mother. I guess getting slapped in the face will do that to someone, and being called a monster. Now he thinks she thinks he's a cute little silver fox. I wonder how my own mother would react knowing I was a spirit detective and fought demons. What am I thinking? She totally wouldn't care.
Hours later, by the time night fell, Kurama was in his bedroom. He heard his window open and he looked over to see Hiei enter though his bedroom window. "Hiei," he said, "and what do I owe this pleasure?"
"Do you have the ingrediants for an amnesia drink?" he asked.
"Yes," he answered hestantly, "why?"
Hiei explained, "During my fight with Daiki, he explained to her that I'm her brother."
Kurama replied, "Understood," he pulled some seeds out of his hair, "have you ever thought of letting her know the truth? Does she seem any less happy knowing who you are to her?"
"Stop trying to persuade me, I've already made up my mind," he said hastily. Her reaction wasn't has horrible as I thought it would be, he confessed to himself, so one day, I might actually tell her the truth. For now, she doesn't need to know.
After he was done making the drink, he handed it to Hiei and said, "Here, one sip should be enough, but if she drinks all of it she should be fine."
"Hiei!" Yukina said happily as he walked toward Genkai's temple, the sun now fully set, "Have you come to visit your sister?"
"Of course," he answered awkwardly, "I brought you something, here. I thought you'd like the taste of it." He walked onto the porch and handed her the small cup.
She thanked him and drank every last drop. "That was wonderful," she said, "where have you been?"
"That doesn't matter," he answered.
She started stumbling and said, "That wasn't a sleeping drink, was it? Are you trying to make me pass out?" She leaned against him to steady herself.
"No," Hiei confessed as he held her, "you'll just forget that I'm you're brother by the time you wake up."
"Forget..." she said softly as she passed out, "I love you, brother." Hiei caught Yukina as she fell into him.
One day, he thought to himself, I might tell you the truth.
The End
