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"Hiei, wait!" Kurama called, sprinting after him, "wait, please! I don't know what all I did while I was insane but…but I love you. It's cheesy, and I doubt that's what you want to hear, but it's true, and it's the only thing I can think of to say. I never intended to tell you, but seeing the situation we're in now… I had you once, and I don't want to lose you."
Hiei stopped abruptly and turned to face Kurama, "Hn."
"Yes, yes, I KNOW, that was cliché and awkward, but how else do you expect me to tell you these things. I know I'm normally good with words, but when it really counts—well you see the result," Kurama breathed out harshly in frustration, "What I'm TRYING to articulate is that I am SORRY for whatever happened when I was insane. You can't deny, though, that demons like Zana are never wrong when they… act after possessing a person. The feeling is real."
"Hn," Hiei looked at him, communicating much in one look.
"I seem to remember that Yusuke changed from you to Kuwabara? Is that why you're so skeptical now?" Kurama asked, not really expecting an answer, "If that's it, then you should know that these things can change. Life by definition is constant change. In our long lives, we've both seen love come and go, seen people act and people not act. It's just a choice between which we want to do: cling to it while we have it or let it slip away, to blur with eternity, when it may or may not fade. I chose to hope it would fade, because I believed that telling you would destroy the friendship we already had. However, it never faded, and that, if nothing else, should tell you something. At this point it's your choice, and I will accept whatever you decide. I have acted. Will you act or watch the chance slip away?"
"Hn." Hiei took one step forward, indicating his answer shortly, "Fox, if I find out you're still insane I will cut you down without a second thought."
"Yeah," Kurama smiled, relieved, "the fact that you forgave it the first place was somewhat unexpected, though it WAS beyond my power to stop." When Hiei just stood, a few feet away, looking at him, Kurama continued, "I take this to mean you… forgive me for what happened while I was insane, but refuse to start a, uh, relationship based off of a story where I was insane and, ah, raped you?"
Hiei's look hardened, answering Kurama's question before his words did, "Yes."
Kurama closed his eyes, looking pained, "Then I'll start from the beginning. At least now I know I have a chance." Kurama crossed the distance between the two and whispered in Hiei's ear, "And you know a fox never gives up when it has something it wants."
Hiei shivered, responding sarcastically to diffuse the tension, "I didn't know you were an 'it'."
Kurama laughed, saying, "No, don't worry, I'm not."
Hiei growled, "…Fine," and pulled Kurama down into a kiss.
Kurama, looking surprised said, "Well, I didn't expect THAT kind of reaction. That was a fast turn-around." When Hiei glared he quickly amended his statement, "Not that I'm complaining, No, NO! Just curious as to what brought that on. …Was it just that you weren't completely convinced that I was not insane anymore? Uh, all this conversation about sanity and insanity is starting to affect my sentence structure. To remove the double negative, I meant to ask if it was just that you weren't completely convinced that I was sane. …I presume I am acting differently now than when I was insane?"
"Only enough that I know you are yourself."
Kurama smiled at that and dropped the subject, careful not to push Hiei too far, "So how about we go report to Koenma, Kuwabara, and Yusuke, hm? They might be wondering if something happened to us."
Hiei, rather than reply, turned and set off in the direction of Koenma's office.
***At Koenma's Office***
"YOU LEFT WITHOUT THEM? WHAT IF KURAMA KILLED HIEI? OR WHAT IF HIEI KILLED KURAMA?" Kurama and Hiei heard Koenma yell.
"Relax," Kurama said, opening the door, "Neither of us killed the other, or anything else for that matter. I'm sane again, and recent events are slowly coming back to me. In time I suspect I will fully regain my memory."
"Oh, that's good then," Koenma seemed a bit off-guard and uncertain, "So, what now, then? Is everyone sane and safe and whatnot now? All relationships repaired and the world is beautiful and sparkly and happy? Really, I have cases that need to be solved soon. You all managed to fail spectacularly at solving the case involving Zana."
"Actually," a mildly irritated Kurama replied, "If I remember correctly, you just wanted Zana killed. We killed him a long time ago."
"Uh—" Koenma fumbled, "THAT'S NOT THE POINT. The POINT, is: are you all back to normal?"
"Yes, I believe we are all back to a relative stat of normalcy," Kurama answered.
"Good." Koenma snapped, "Then this whole thing is over."
After a pause for that to sink in, Yusuke asked, "WAIT. DOES THAT MEAN I HAVE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL?"
"Technically, yes," Koenma answered, "but when has the fact that you're SUPPOSED to go to school made you do it?"
"Ahh, but I can't let Kuwabara go to school along and get beat up. I'm the only one allowed to beat him up now."
"I'm not sure if that's sweet or just weird," Koenma sweat-dropped, "Anyway, just go back to school life, and I'll let you know as soon as I've sorted out which case is next."
"Fine," Yusuke agreed, dragging Kuwabara away with him.
Kurama turned to Hiei, saying. "I feel like we forgot something important…."
Hiei simply replied, "Hn."
"Yeah. It probably wasn't anything important," Kurama agreed.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho.
