MissTuffcy: Ooooo See, I told you guys! The dragon brothers take over this chapter again; hence the chapter's title. Next chapters will be with Kurama and Hiei.

Summary: Takes place 5 year after the events of Playing with Fire. Hiei and Kurama are happily mated with twin baby kits. They are oblivious to the danger lurking in the shadows. A War between Alaric and the less known kingdom Cirala has started. What dangers will this war bring to our family in Alaric? What tragedies will come from this war?

Disclaimer: All Yuu-Yuu Hakusho characters, places, and references to the show does not belong to me. They belong to the sole creator/writer of Yuu-Yuu Hakusho.

Warnings: Yaoi, Mpreg, Language, Violence, some chars are slightly ooc.

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Playing With Flames

Dragon's Flame

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Nerio and Yusuke stood against the railing. Nerio's back was to the garden and he was leaning against Yusuke. Yusuke had his arms wrapped around the dragon and rubbing soothing circles on his back. He kissed him briefly on the temple before looking up with a frown when the wind picked up oddly fast. His eyes widened when he saw 5 large dragons hovering above the garden. He tensed up. The dragons changed into their humanoid forms and glided to the ground where their wings disappeared. 2 of the dragons had red and orange hair styled like Yusuke's own hair. They both had orange slitted eyes. They wore armor in the same style as Aiolos and Demetri but their armors were completely black. The taller of the two's name was Tyran and the other Naryt. The other two had green hair. One's hair was darker than the other. The one with lime green hair's name was Noi. Her eyes were green and slitted. The one with forest green hair's name was Tec. His eyes were also green and slitted. The one in the middle was taller than the others and he had straight black hair that stopped in the middle of his back in a ponytail. He had gray eyes. His name was Draco. Nerio turned slightly to stare at the dragons. His grip on Yusuke tightened when Draco stared straight at him and grinned. The dragon suddenly appeared in front of them and Nerio pressed himself against Yusuke. Yusuke took the hint and backed away, moving Nerio slightly behind him. He narrowed his eyes in warning.

"Isn't this cute; got yourself a lord, NerNer?" Draco laughed darkly. He walked past the two and to the demon guards in the entrance to the castle.

"Tec, Tyran." Draco called. The two said dragons went after their leader. Naryt and Noi stayed in the garden. Demetri entered the garden.

"Demy!" Noi cried, running over to the taller demon. She tackled him in a hug and Demetri stiffened. "Oh my Demy! I didn't think I'd ever see you again! I've missed you so much!"

"Why are you here?"

"Gandara asked for help and we came to see if we should help them." She smiled. Her smile slowly morphed into a frown when she saw the look on Demetri's face. "Wait…why are you here?"

"We're helping Alaric," Demetri said. Noi frowned.

"You're helping the enemy?"

"Technically you're helping the enemy…" Demetri pried her off him and walked around her.

"You're still holding this against your uncle?" Demetri paused and glared at her.

"Don't speak to me or I'll cut your fucking tongue from your mouth!" He hissed dangerously. Noi frowned.

"Where has my Demy gone…?" She asked sadly. Demetri turned from her and went to Nerio.

"Demetri." Demetri looked at the taller dragon with green hair.

"Naryt," Demetri nodded. "What does that bastard think he's doing here?" Naryt frowned.

"Draco is very arrogant. I'm afraid to say that he's been abusing his power as lord of the dragon country. He wants to pick the winning side." Naryt explained. Demetri looked at Yusuke.

"Please don't let Nerio out of your sight. I don't trust Draco or his other cronies one bit." Demetri said. He turned and walked towards the exit of the garden. "I'm going to look for Aiolos." Yusuke nodded. He looked down slightly when he felt Nerio nuzzle against his chest.

Aiolos sat tensely staring at Hiei's desk. He did not move nor make a sound since the guard's announcement. Hiei shot him worried glances from time to time. He looked up when he heard the door open. It was Demetri and some other guard. Aiolos frowned. "Where is Nerio?"

"He's with Yusuke." Demetri said with a nod. Aiolos sighed. He stood. "Where are you going?" Demetri made to follow. Aiolos shook his head.

"To talk with Nerio. Aiolos glanced briefly at Hiei who nodded. He left the room. Demetri frowned and looked at Hiei.

"What's up with him?"

"He is taking giving you two your independence hard. He believes he was unfair and harsh towards the two of you." Hiei explained. Demetri made an 'ah' sound. He sat down and sighed.

"I don't know what to do with myself…" Demetri mumbled. Hiei looked at him. "I'm so used to being around Aiolos all the time, that…really I have no clue…" Hiei frowned.

"I'm sure a strong demon like you could go out and find a mate, yes? I see some of the help eyeing you so I'm sure they and even nobles shall want to mate with you. I've seen a couple generals as well." Demetri frowned and looked at Hiei.

"I'm not strong at all," Demetri stated it like it was as simple as the sun in the sky. Hiei furrowed his eyebrows.

"Yes you are; I can feel it." Hiei said. Demetri's frown deepened. He pulled out a medallion similar to Ryuu's.

"You feel this," Demetri stated. "I'm all show and no power…I think Aiolos has forgotten this…That is the reason why I stick to Aiolos. He is way stronger than me and the pendant draws some of his energy and makes it seem like its mine." Hiei frowned.

"Or maybe Aiolos feels as though you've grown stronger."

"He doesn't know about this pendent. It's the reason why I hide it. If he saw it, he'd be mad at me." Demetri grumbled. Hiei sighed.

"How about this, I know I'm going to be called into a meeting with the dragon lord so I want you to come along with me. Afterwards I'll set you up with a training partner."

"Okay…" Demetri nodded. He smiled. "Thanks."

"You're welcome." Hiei said with a nod. He walked to the door. "Come; let's see if the meeting is being held." Demetri nodded and followed after him.

Hiei entered the room just as a guard was exiting. The guard stopped and bowed. He moved out the way and said, "I was just sent to inform you of the meeting, my lord." Hiei nodded. He walked into the room with Demetri trailing behind. He sat next to his father and the brunette dragon sat next to him. Raizen sat back and motioned the guard at the door. "Ah, yes. Master Yusuke. I will go get him." The guard hurried out the room. Demetri glanced at Draco briefly. The dragon lord was staring at him. He looked away from him and shuddered slightly.

Aiolos had entered the garden and paused. Nerio and Yusuke were standing and talking to two of Draco's guards. He recognized the male as Naryt. He walked over and they all looked at him. Naryt smiled at him and bowed slightly. "It has been too long." He said. "I can't believe how much you've grown." He chuckled. Aiolos nodded to him silently. Aiolos looked at Nerio who was silently cowering behind Yusuke. Aiolos frowned. He was getting ready to say something but was cut off.

"Excuse me, my Lord Yusuke." Yusuke turned to the guard. "There is a meeting with the lord of dragon country and your father has requested your presence." Yusuke nodded. He looked at Nerio.

"Want to come?" Nerio quickly shook his head. Naryt smiled.

"I shall watch over young Nerio, if it pleases you, Lord Yusuke." Naryt offered. Nerio looked up at Naryt. Yusuke looked at Naryt than to Aiolos. Aiolos looked at Nerio. Noi pouted and crossed her arms. She pulled out a mirror and looked at her reflection. She smiled. Nerio turned to Aiolos and nodded slowly. Aiolos sighed.

"That would be alright." He said. Yusuke kissed Nerio on the forehead and followed after the guard. Aiolos followed behind them. Nerio frowned.

Much discussing later, the dragon country decided not to join the war at all. Draco had said, though, that if there were any destruction at all that they could not fix and needed help with that he would offer it if they ask. Fuji had thanked them. Aiolos was silent that whole meeting. Right now, He was sitting in the garden leaning against a tree. He looked over as someone entered the garden. He frowned as Nerio rushed over to him and buried his face into his neck.

"Nerio, why aren't you with Yusuke?"

"I told him I was resting…" Nerio mumbled. He was quiet for a while as Aiolos wrapped his arms around him. "Brother I want to mate with you…" Aiolos's eyes widened.

"What?" He pulled Nerio away from his neck and stared down at him. Nerio had a frown on his face.

"I want to mate with you!"

"I refuse!" Aiolos shouted. "You're mating with Yusuke,"

"I don't want to mate with him!"

"You accepted!" Aiolos growled. Nerio's eyes watered.

"And when I mate with him, I'll have to be with him inside his country in his castle! I don't want to be away from you! I don't want to lose you too, Tato!" Nerio cried. He buried his face back in Aiolos's neck. "Not like father…" Aiolos sighed. "You said it yourself that you don't trust us with no other demon but yourself! I want to stay with you forever…" The garden grew silent. Not even the birds chirped. The wind seemed to still as well.

"No…"

"Wh-What?" Nerio pulled away and looked up at him.

"I said no. I'm tired of you crying for everything you want." Aiolos narrowed his eyes. "You need to grow up! You're mating with Yusuke and that is final!" He hissed. Nerio frowned.

"But…"

"No buts!" Aiolos snarled. "All your life," Aiolos pushed Nerio off him roughly and stood. He stared down at Nerio angrily. "All your damn life!" He rose his voice. "All your life!" He repeated again. "Every single day of your waking life, if you didn't get your way you'd cry for it!" Aiolos hissed. "Every time you cried everyone gave into you! I doubt father would be pleased seeing you still like this!" He yelled again. He didn't notice the two guards and Yusuke standing at the entrance of the garden. The two guards looked to Yusuke.

"Shouldn't we interfere, m'lord?" one asked. Yusuke shook his head. The guards nodded and turned back to the scene.

Nerio looked down at the ground. He sniffled and wiped the tears from his face. "I'm sorry, Tato."

"ENOUGH!" Aiolos roared angrily. His eyes burned and glowed a deep red. Even the whites of his eyes glowed red. "Do not call me that! I've already told you to stop! I'm almost ashamed to call you my brother!" Nerio's head shot up and he stared at his brother in shock.

"B-Brother…?"

"After this war, I'm taking my leave back to the dragon country." Aiolos turned from Nerio. That's when he took notice of the three in the entrance. "You are not to follow me at all…I don't want to see your face unless I have to during this time here…" Nerio's eyes widened more.

"Wh-what?"

"You heard me!" Aiolos hissed. His wings appeared and spread out.

"But, brother-"

"I'm not your brother…" Aiolos seethed. He took flight. Nerio watched his brother disappear. He continued to stare up. He didn't notice Yusuke walk up to him or kneel down next to him. He didn't feel Yusuke shake him or ask him a question. He didn't hear Yusuke softly call his name. He didn't even feel himself being picked up. His eyes closed and he welcomed the cold embrace of darkness.

The next day was oddly cold and windy. Hiei and Fuji had gathered up the small army with the help of Raizen. They all stood in front of the front gates of the castle. Aiolos had volunteered to help as well as Demetri. Hiei and the others turned when they heard heavy and light footsteps. It was Yusuke, his two guards, and Nerio. Yusuke had his arm around Nerio's waist and the blue dragon had his arms wrapped around himself. "So nice of you to join us, brat…" Raizen said, a little annoyed at his son's late entrance.

"Sorry, old man. I was just checking on my mate." Raizen's eyebrows shot up.

"No more mate to be?" Yusuke shook his head with a happy smile. Raizen sighed. All was silent. The mark on Nerio's neck was easy to see. Aiolos was shocked but said nothing and showed no emotion. The truth was that he was furious but he wouldn't say anything about it because he'd already came out and said he was ashamed of Nerio. It was far from the truth. He just believed that if he said that, his brother would try to redeem that respect he lost. Instead, it seemed he was doing quite the opposite. Demetri frowned. He looked at Aiolos and then Nerio. They weren't looking at each other at all. It was odd because Nerio was always trying to keep Aiolos's attention. He sighed. He'd ask later.

Raizen was having similar thoughts, though not as personal as the last part. He thought there'd be some kind of loud angry outburst from the oldest dragon brother, but there was none. An uneasy silence past through the area. It was soon broken by the sound of leather wings flapping. They all looked up to see Kuronue and Ryuu landing.

"Where have you two been?" Hiei and Fuji asked at the same time. Kuronue frowned.

"We were doing border patrol to make sure no demon had snuck over here from Cirala or Gandara." Ryuu said. Kuronue nodded in agreement.

"Things are hectic over in Gandara anyway. I could see it from our post." Kuronue added. Ryuu nodded.

"What of Tourin?" Raizen asked.

"Is it normal for a thick fog to settle?" Kuronue and Ryuu asked at the same time. Everyone from Tourin frowned.

"No," There was a crowd of answers. Kuronue and Ryuu frowned.

"There is a thick fog. We could not see anything." Hiei looked to Jin.

"You said Cirala was on the border of Alaric and Tourin, right?" Jin nodded. "So…"

"You're saying they know that we were going to attack?" Demetri asked.

"There are two possible reasons this has happened." Nerio whispered. Everyone looked at him.

"Which would be….?"

"One, there is a spy somewhere on your castle grounds, or Cirala has a very smart leader that has thought ahead.

"Mukuro isn't that smart…." Raizen mumbled. They all looked at him.

"You know the ruler of Cirala?"

"Yeah, she was one of my generals." Raizen said. "I knew of Cirala, I just didn't know where it was." Raizen explained. Fuji frowned.

"And here I thought I knew everything about you." Fuji said. Raizen grinned at him.

"Of course you haven't peaches." Fuji's eyes widened and his face burned red. He glared heatedly at Raizen.

"What did you call me?"

"Can we focus here?" Hiei asked loudly. Everyone looked at him. "Who can navigate through fog?"

"Most likely those of water and ice can navigate through fog," Fuji mumbled. They looked at him. Demetri glanced at Aiolos and then to Nerio.

"Ner, you can do it." Demetri said. Nerio looked up from the ground to Demetri. Yusuke's arm tightened around his waist.

"It's too dangerous…" Yusuke protested. Nerio looked up at him then to Aiolos who still refused to look at him. A long silence past the demons. No one dared to break the silence.

"What about Touya?" Jin suggested. Fuji looked up at him.

"Where is Touya?"

"Did they even return from the forest?" Ryuu asked. Again, the demons went silent.

"I'll do it." Nerio said with a nod. Aiolos glanced at him briefly. Their eyes met before Aiolos looked away. Yusuke frowned at him.

"Are you sure?" Yusuke asked. Nerio looked up at him a nodded.

"Do not fret, M'lord!" Yusuke looked to his side at the soldier that usually followed him around. "I shall accompany this journey and stay by your mate's side. I shall protect him with my life." Yusuke stared at the demon. This particular demon was almost as strong as him, on a bad day. The man had short black hair that was to his shoulders and orange eyes that seemed to glow. He could never guess what type of demon he was, but he was very loyal. He was about the same height as Yusuke, maybe an inch shorter. His name was Vez Yusuke nodded.

"I will too, sir!" The guard on his other side was a female. She had her hair short to her shoulders and it was also black. She had warm brown eyes and a warm smile across her face. Yusuke nodded to her. Her name was Rin. Hiei frowned.

"Let's get a move on, shall we?"

"Let's? We?" Fuji asked. "I hope you don't think you're going too!" Fuji exclaimed. Hiei looked at his father.

"Yes! I won't allow this plan to fail! I will save my mate and my kits!" Hiei growled. Fuji narrowed his eyes.

"It won't fail and I won't risk losing my son because of his recklessness caused by blind fury!" Fuji yelled. "You're not going, end of discussion!"

"I am going and you can't do a damn thing to stop me." Hiei stated confidently. Fuji looked miffed.

"Excuse me?" Fuji hissed dangerously low. Hiei glared at him.

"You-"

"Quiet! The both of you!" Aiolos commanded loudly. The two lords looked at him in shock. Raizen raised his eyebrow in amusement. "All this senseless yelling at each other is wasting the time that could have been spent traveling!" He narrowed his eyes. "Yelling and tearing at each other's throats will help you naught!"

"The dragon has a point," Raizen stated. "As much as I love to watch you two argue; we should dispatch the soldiers now."

"Fine! I'm still going…" Fuji glared at his son but stayed silent.

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The group of soldiers had set off few hours ago. Night was approaching so they decided to set up camp before the sun's light was gone. Nerio was in a tent of his own with Rin and Vez. Rin was happily brushing through his hair while Vez held a mirror up for Nerio to see through. They looked over when they heard someone enter the tent. It was Demetri. "I'm sorry, sir." Rin said, stepping towards Demetri. "You are not allowed in here." Demetri ignored her and stepped all the way in.

"Ner, what's going on between you and Aio?" Demetri asked quietly. Rin opened her mouth to say something but stopped when Nerio stood. She stepped back to let Nerio walk past her. Nerio hugged Demetri and buried his face in his neck. Demetri wrapped his arms around Nerio's waist as he felt the older dragon start to tremble.

"He really hates me now…" Nerio whispered. "He's ashamed of me…."

"That's not true!" Demetri said, pulling Nerio away from his neck. He stared at the teary eyed dragon. "He loves you and you know it! You said so yourself when we first met that Yusuke character."

"Hey!" Rin yelled. "You shall address his lord ship wit-"

"Rin!" Vez snapped. He laid the mirror down and grabbed her arm. "Excuse us, m'lords." He said with a nod and dragged the demoness out who protested loudly.

Demetri held Nerio against him as the dragon began to cry again. He silently rubbed the older demon's back and laid his head on top the shorter's. He looked over when he felt, rather than heard, Aiolos enter. Aiolos stood there and listened to Nerio sob. He sighed lightly. There was a low sound that sounded like a cross between a sob, a whine, and a whistle. Nerio's head shot up and he silently stared at Aiolos's with wide eyes. The sound came again and Nerio pulled away from Demetri and tackled Aiolos's. Demetri grinned. Aiolos ran a hand through his brother's hair. "I'm sorry…" He whispered. "I'm not ashamed of you…I'm…just worried is all…" Nerio sniffled and looked up at Aiolos with a smile.

"All is forgiven, brother." Nerio said. Demetri chuckled. Aiolos looked at him with a smile that was reserved for his family only. The ground below them rumbled. Aiolos pulled away from Nerio and turned. The three brothers frowned. Aiolos turned.

"Nerio, get dressed." Aiolos mumbled. He walked to the tent flap and stopped when he noticed Demetri following. "Stay with Nerio." Demetri nodded and turned to Nerio who was strapping on light armor plates that Hiei had provided for him.

"ENEMY DEMONS STOPPED!" There was a loud roar outside that made both Demetri and Nerio jump. Rin and Vez entered the tent quickly.

"M'lord, are you well?" Rin yelled. Nerio frowned.

"What is the meaning of all the commotion?" Nerio asked. He strapped on his swords and stood by Demetri who crossed his arms.

"Dragons!" Vez exclaimed. Demetri and Nerio looked at each other with a frown.

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