The Business
Mukuro watched her heir pace in the room they were in while waiting for Yusuke. The fire demon was tense. He could feel Kurama here in Yusuke's fortress, and he wondered what the fox had told their friend about him.
"Stop pacing," Mukuro snapped finally. "You're making me nervous."
"You don't get nervous," Hiei quipped back.
"Fine. Annoyed then."
Luckily Hokushin arrived then. He bowed to Mukuro and Hiei. "The king will see you now," he said.
"About time," Mukuro muttered. They followed the bald demon to the throne room. Yusuke sat on the hard wooden throne looking bored, while Kurama stood behind him.
The king caught Hiei's eye and smirked. He was about to be petty, but it was going to be so worth it. "Sit down, Kurama," he suggested.
The redhead smiled and bowed. "Of course, my lord king." Kurama walked around to the smaller throne that was next to Yusuke's. The consort's throne. He sat down on it, arranging his silk tunic around him.
Hiei froze. He knew it meant that Kurama was sitting there.
Mukuro did too, she sighed, knowing that this was not going to end well "Good morning, King Yusuke," she said. "I am sorry that it took so long for me to come and see you."
"Don't worry about it, Mukuro. The less I have to do the better. Now you wanted to talk about border stuff?"
"I did. As you know, Hiei here is the captain of the demons I have on the border. Ever since Enki's first reign, they have been making sure that humans do not get lost over here and that demons to not cross over to Ningenkai and wreak havoc."
"It is appreciated. Of course I want this to continue," Yusuke said.
"As do we all. At the moment, I am the only demon noble who is sending soldiers out to patrol. I think that it would be a much more effective process if the others would as well. Then there could be shifts and a more organized method of patrolling."
"Have you talked to Yomi or anyone about it?"
Mukuro rolled her eyes. "I did. Yomi told me that unless he was ordered to, he didn't care what happened on the border."
Yusuke sighed. "I'll talk to him, I guess." He looked over at Kurama. "Can you send something to Yomi accepting his dinner invitation?"
"Of course, my lord," the kitsune replied.
Mukuro opened her mouth again, but was cut off by the sound of the throne room door slamming behind Hiei as he stalked out.
A/N: Aw snap! Hiei's pissed. I know that these last few chapters have all been revolving around the same event, but it's a pretty important one. I'm excited to write the chapter where Yusuke and Yomi have dinner with consort!Kurama standing by. It'll be exciting, but first we have to deal with the stick up Hiei's ass.