Hiei opened his eyes to meet total darkness, and it took a few minutes for his eyes to adjust. He felt around and realized he was still on Kurama's bed, the red sheets wrapped around his body, shielding him from the cool wind coming through the window.

"Fmph" Hiei heard a soft sound and looked down towards the floor. Kurama was there in a sleeping bag, his book still over his face.

"He tires too hard." Hiei thought, getting out of the now sickingly warm bed and taking the book off Kurama's face. He jumped out the window, thinking that he was well enough and climbed into his favorite tree.

The next day...

"Hiei, what happened?" Kurama's face was set in a frown as he watched Hiei cough uncontrollably on his bed.

"I think it was too cold last night." Hiei had woken up with a worse headache than before and could barely speak. He had wobbled into Kurama's room, hoping for a bit of warmth.

"Looks like you can't go to school today. My mom will be out working by 10, so you can get some food in the refrigerator. Try some of this. It's cough medicine, not fever medicine so it should taste better." After a few quick apologies Kurama slipped out of the room and hurried out the door so he wouldn't be late for school. Hiei squinted his eyes to read the tiny writing on the bottle and came to the conclusion that it was grape flavored.

"What the heck is a grape? Oh well..." Hiei hesitantly took the amount suggested and swallowed. His face immediately lit up and he concluded that he loved this grape flavor.

"A little more wouldn't hurt..." he mumbled softly.

"Hiei?" Aiko had walked home with Kurama to give Hiei some of his homework assignments and to pay him another friendly visit. She gasped as she saw Hiei sprawled on the carpet, his hands twitching involuntarily and a goofy smile on his face.

"Hiei, you got high off of cough medicine?!" Kurama hurried over and found the bottle completely empty, and Hiei completely crazy.

"Come on. Let's get you on the bed." Aiko began dragging a whining Hiei back onto Kurama's bed, trying to get some sense into him. She got him on the bed but because he was so heavy he fell right on top of her.

"Aiko..." Hiei's face came closer to hers and their lips became mere centimeters away. Aiko tried moving but found herself rooted to the spot, and she allowed him to advance until their lips met. Hiei pulled away slightly and let his own red eyes mesmerize Aiko's blue ones.

"Aiko, how is-" Kyo had arrived just outside of Kurama's door, and he looked aghast at the scene in front of him. He began retreating, hanging his head in betrayal.

"No, Kyo wait!" Aiko feebly called back, but got an answer that made her eyes moisten.

"It's okay Aiko. I understand." Kyo fled out the door and down the steps, trying to forget what he had witnessed.

"You're going to regret that later." Kurama's eyes had almost popped out of his head as he hauled Hiei away from a now red faced Aiko.

"I think he watched some TV." she murmured, remembering the television left on when she came upstairs.

"Let's hope he forgets or he might hide in a hole forever." Kurama was a bit amused and left Hiei sleeping on his bed, sorting out the homework that Hiei had to make up.

"I'm going to try and sort things out with Kyo."

"Sure." Kurama waved a goodbye and settled contently in his chair. The crystal that Rain had given him still tugged at his mind, and he felt for it in his pocket. He pulled it out and it gleamed a brilliant white, then tinted red from his hair. Rain...instead of remembering the new transfer student with black hair, he saw himself and another girl, her white hair whipping in the wind as they danced in the rain. They were both soaked but it didn't seem to matter because they created their own warmth.

"This girl..."


We're here." Yusuke spread his arms grandly as Kuwabara stared at the stone building.

"THIS is your fortress?" Kuwabara looked rather skeptical at the gray rock, parts of it showing signs of age, and he imagined the interior was not very homey.

"Lord Urameshi?!" A frantic looking demon ran around in circles, looking very distressed.

"We are so sorry! We did not know you were coming!" another demon that looked almost identical to the first one also began fretting, and ran in circles holding his head. They were both yellow and rather short, their faces batlike, though their eyes were big, making them seem innocent and childish.

"Bebo! Bobo! I'm okay!" Yusuke tried calming down the two demons but they didn't stop until they ran into each other.

"Haha." Kuwabara laughed at the two demons squirming on the floor, their frantic faces muttering things like "Oh no!" and "What will we do?"

"These two are extrememly scared of annoying me. My father was quite harsh on them." Yusuke helped the two yellow demons up, and said they could help by telling the others he had arrived.

"YES SIR!" fast as a bullet the two sped off, screaming at the top of their lungs that Lord Urameshi was here.

"Let's go inside." Yusuke led Kuwabara to a big stone door, opening it to reveal a dazzling room with lush greenery covering the walls and fuzzy carpet on the ground. Fire of every color lit the sides, and demons of all kinds scurried around, some dusting, some watering the plants. Yusuke laughed at Kuwabara's surprised look, and walked towards the center of the room.

"The rock is just to hide the riches in my castle. It was my father's idea to mask our wealth so we wouldn't get robbed by filthy thieves. Seems they have furnished it a bit. Last time the floor was still dirt, since demons don't really care what they stand on." Yusuke led Kuwabara down the room while explaining the little things in it.

"This is the exact center of the castle." Yusuke stood on a black star imprinted on the carpet, and hollered, "I'M HOME!" Instantly all demons stopped working, and a loud noise began rumbling as everyone started talking.

"HAIL LORD URAMESHI!" they gathered around the star and knelt before Yusuke while he serveyed his group.

"This is Kuwabara. You will be serving him too." Yusuke recognized almost everyone, and saw Bebo and Bobo also jumping around in the crowd.

"Hey people." Kuwabara waved to them, and was rewarded with a bunch of "Oohs and Ahhs"

"Is this human as strong as you?" a small cat asked Yusuke this as she tugged on his pants, happy to have her master back.

"No Misha, but he's still pretty strong so all of you, no picking on Kuwabara." Yusuke guestered to everyone and they just stared back.

"The staring scares me." whispered Kuwabara to Yusuke.

"Yeahh, looks like they're really happy to see me." Yusuke whispered back. "Oh, I know."

"Is this any way to greet your HUNGRY lord?" Yusuke emphasized on hungry, and heard Bebo's squeaky voice say "HE IS HUNGRY!" Everyone scampered around finding food, and Misha led them to the dining room. There was a very long stone table with chairs on each side. Yet the table had only hankerchiefs on them, but no utensils.

"Hey Urameshi, Short on forks?" Kuwabara joked as he pointed to the table.

"One thing I like about Makai is you eat with your hands. And it's first come first serve." Yusuke gave a challenging smile, and Kuwabara nodded back, accepting the challenge.

"May the best eater win!"

A/N: As you can see, The Kurama/Hiei and Yusuke/Kuwabara parts are now evening out (smile) I HAVE REACHED 300 REVIEWS!! YAY! Thanks you all soooo much!

I am making another party so if you wish to be in it, please give me a name, physical description, personality description, and two gifts of your choice! Hopefully I will have the party by next chapter if enough people respond. Oh, and Chion I am using your character. It's cool to give Aiko a brother but I'm sorry that I made you rather mean. (apologetic look) I hope you don't object if I put you in my story!