The Truth
When Hotaru returned to his room from sitting with Yomi at breakfast, he frowned. His door was unlocked which was not how he had left it, and there was a feeling of someone inside which there should not have been.
He kept himself alert as he entered. He wasn't expecting Yomi to have hired out someone to kill him or anything, but such things were possible. What Hotaru saw instead made his jaw drop.
"Kurama?" he hissed, shutting the door behind him. "What are you doing here?"
"Making a point."
Hotaru just stared at him for a moment, then burst out laughing. "You haven't changed a bit have you?"
"I have," Kurama argued. "For instance, haven't you noticed the hair color difference?"
"Fox, get to the point," Hiei snapped.
The redhead coughed. "I apologize. I haven't done a break in like this in decades, and I'm a little giddy. But to business: Hotaru, where is Leila?"
The other demon closed his eyes. "Dead."
"Yomi?" Kurama demanded.
"Oh, no," Hotaru hurried to assure him. "It's a long story."
Kurama sat on the bed and crossed his legs. "I don't intend to move until I hear it."
Hotaru smiled. "As single minded as ever. Very well." He eyed Hiei who was leaning against the opposite wall. "Is it safe to speak here?"
Green eyes slanted in Hiei's direction. The Jagan's energy flared briefly, and the fire demon nodded. "Hiei is a friend of mine," Kurama explained. "He's perfectly safe."
Hiei snorted. "For now."
"Well the now is what matters, Hiei."
Hotaru looked back and forth between his old friend and the small scowling demon. He found himself being insanely curious about what had happened to Kurama since they had parted ways.
GAH! I am sooooo sorry. I realized this afternoon that I didn't update yesterday because I was too buried in the trenches of homework hell to remember. Then I thought I'd update today, but the internet here on campus was down for hours. Anyway, that means you get a cliffie tonight before all is revealed on Monday. Thanks for reading and reviewing and have a good weekend!