A/N: Thanks for the reviews! Special thanks to my beta Brokenshardsofmyheart99! And (again, if you've read this) I must apologize if I make several mistakes in this chapter. I'm literally blind, but I couldn't force myself to not uphold my promise of updating once a month.

Demonic Affairs: Chapter Seven

"It's strange, isn't it?" The man dressed in black leather asked him.

Yusuke could see him standing next to him. The doctors and nurses went by the man, never noticing him, as if he was invisible. There was nothing he could do to alert them all of the odd man, but even if he did, they would not believe him. He wanted to talk to him, to say something back, ask why he had tried to kill him. The oxygen mask and his frail body did not allow him to

The man walked to him, smirking. "Want to talk to me, do you? Communicate by thinking, you simple human," he commanded. "Now then, what do you want?" He stood over him, like a master over his dog.

Narrowing his eyes, he asked through his thoughts. 'Why the hell did you try to kill me for?' He kept hoping that the man would answer back, but he didn't. He saw a flash of white as he grinned, revealing sharp fangs.

"My master commanded me to do so," Kuronue answered. "Yusuke Urameshi, you are to be eliminated. However, I didn't quite achieve that with the car accident," he explained. The smile on his face made Yusuke uneasy. It seemed almost sinister to him.

'Why?'

Kuronue seemed to tense up. "Why? Because I was ordered to do so." There was nothing more that he wanted at the moment than to punch the man for his lack of answers. "That and," he turned his gaze away from Yusuke, "I want to be free from the one that bounds me to him." The reply dumbfounded Yusuke.

It seemed that things got stranger now. 'Tell me, who do you work for? Why take me down? You mentioned something about my lover, so does that mean that you're going to harm Kurama?'

Turning back to him, Kuronue shook his head. "We could never hurt someone that our master wants. And… I wouldn't hurt a friend, Yusuke Urameshi." Kuronue smiled after sensing Yusuke's confusion. "There is so much you are not aware of. My master wants him for personal reasons, as do I." Before he could interrupt, the leather-clad man continued. "Hiei wants your lover for himself and I want him back… You see, he was my friend."

Though he wanted to shout that the man was insane, he couldn't. After all, he was having a conversation with someone that no one could see. 'I never heard Kurama mention you before. You've got the wrong person,' he thought.

"No. You just don't know him that well, is all." Kuronue sighed. "I may be wrong, but you look as good as dead, so I'll tell you." He took a deep breath and began. "Kurama, your lover, was once my mate… I died long ago, before he did." Yusuke would've cocked his head if he could, but instead remained still. "Your lover is not human, he is a demon. I knew him back then, you know." Kuronue's eyes seemed to have been captivated by a memory unseen to him. "Yes, he's a demon. After I died, he wandered, I assume. Though at some point the met Hiei and they became lovers as well. That's why Hiei wants him… My master will stop at nothing to get him back."

Yusuke thought, 'Why now?'

"Two reasons, Yusuke Urameshi," he held up two fingers, then lowered one down. "The first is because you brought him back to that land!" The acidity of his voice made him cringe within his mind. "That was where Kurama, Hiei, and I all died! That place holds my master and I there! We can't escape it! No matter how hard we fight, it won't let us go!" The demon's breath became erratic and he had to compose himself before speaking again. "Rather odd how one place became the site for our demise… Tell me, did he ever feel at peace before you brought him there?"

Yusuke knew the answer to that, but could not bring himself to admit it to Kuronue. "His death still keeps him at ease there. He cried for me and Hiei there, did you know?" The question was rhetorical, but it felt more like the demon was trying to rub it in his face. "Death brings tranquility in a bizarre manner." His talk of death was beginning to make him wonder where Kurama was. Why had he not gotten there yet? At first he thought that the doctors would not want Kurama to go in, but now it all began to make sense. "The second reason," Kuronue started, "We want to protect him… You see, our souls can't know peace until he dies too. Yet if we are close to him, we feel better, not tormented as always. He protects us, and in return we can protect him."

'How?' Yusuke asked.

Running a hand through his hair, he answered him. "There is someone within that land that also held an attachment to your beloved." He moved his hand to cover part of his face. "He will get his revenge on him, not by death…" Kuronue turned away from him and began to vanish. Though he pleaded for him to stay, he did not. The answers he received sounded outlandish, but something told him to not dismiss them.

As he felt fingers running through his hair, Kurama wanted to nestle closer to them. He opened his eyes and gazed at the nothingness he saw. "Yusuke has yet to return," he uttered as soft as he could. The feeling he felt was too serene to ruin.

The bed shifted. "You still have me," the voice said to him. The fingers returned to his hair, luring him back into what felt like safety and harmony. "Kurama, you will always have me," the voice whispered. He felt a kiss on his forehead.

"Yes," he agreed. Though he felt serenity, his mind could not help but think of Yusuke… The man had yet to return to him, but he was captivated by his ethereal companion. A spell over him, keeping him from living, ensnaring him into a web that felt like love.

A/N: I don't think I like this chapter very much. Thanks for reading!