Topazia: I've had a lot of fun with this fic. But has anyone noticed that
there really hasn't been any K/H interaction? Well, unless you count all
the times Hiei's cursed poor Kurama or the little bit of conversation while
they're fighting. How can a fic be K/H without some sort of sweet lil
moment between the two? I mean come on! The Clone's had more fun than them!
Ahem...enough with my ranting before you start throwing things at me. This
first little part will be just for them, promise! Light but if you want to
Skip have fun!
Kurama cringed as Hiei place new bandages on his wounds. Some times it was shocking for him to be so cold and heartless one moment and soft and gentle the next. Yukina was sent to live with Genkai. At least that way the others could watch her, with them she was a target and Hiei didn't want that. "Are you angry with me?"
Hiei looked up from his work, a questioning gaze on his face. "What are you talking about?"
"Are you mad at me?" the redhead repeated.
"I thought that at least you would make sense but here you are sounding like that idiot Kuwabara." Hiei sneered. He dipped a cloth into a bowl of water and started his repair to Kurama's arm.
"You're changing the subject Hiei... " Kurama said after a while. It was something that had to be done. After all that's happened, all the trouble he caused he had to know.
"No...I'm not angry with you." The little demon sighed.
"That's nice to hear...you've answered one question, do you mind one more?" He knew he was pushing it but it was worth a try.
"You could try but that doesn't mean I'll answer." Came Hiei's simple reply.
"Remember that day in the market...the day you left me so suddenly?" Kurama asked, watching him intently. Now or never. He had to know. "You never did give me a reply to that."
Hiei tensed, he knew well what the fox was talking about but it was a subject he had wanted to avoid. That day in the market was when he first said 'I love you...' a funny phrase. It had been the cause of all his trouble, but some how he knew he wanted to hear it. Why he left Kurama was another story. Just because he was glad Kurama told him his feelings didn't mean he believed it.
He couldn't believe it...Kurama was one known for moving around, getting tired of one lover and moving to the next. Hiei refused to end up like that... "So..." He muttered with a shrug. "Why should I care?"
Kurama gave him a warm smile. He could tell Hiei was uncomfortable with the subject and almost hated bothering him. "Well, you should care." He whispered softly resting an arm on his shoulder.
Hiei jerked away walking to where his bowl lay. The fox had obviously made a ' full recovery '. "Don't touch me!" he snapped, dipping the blood- drenched towel into the cool water, watching as blood and water became one. His next words were softer...strained even. "That's what you want me to think...you want me to believe that don't you? You want me to fall for that." He pounded his fists on the table and watched the little ripples that formed, such tiny, peaceful ripples. "That's why I left you that day. I was trying to avoid you!" he said, his voice rising with each word spoken.
Kurama stared at him from his perch on his bed, then glanced down at his arm. He didn't know he troubled Hiei that much, he never knew. Hiei ran from him? Sighing Kurama got up and walked to his friend, draping his arms around his next. "I'd never leave you, if that's what you were worried about." He whispered softly.
"...Liar..."
"No...no lies..." The red head nuzzled his neck softly. "I promise..."
*~*~*~*~*~
"Find out what?" Botan threw a nervous glance at Yusuke who in turn shrugged and looked towards Kurama.
Botan fumbled with her hands a little. "Well, we didn't want you to find out about...about the uh...the uh..." she stammered turning her pleading eyes to Yusuke. She now realized that this was an extremely bad idea.
"The uh...thing! The thing about Kur...Shuichi!" Yusuke continued triumphantly. "That's it!" He finished with a grin, turning to look at his friends, who in turn looked as if they wanted to rip him to shreds.
Shiori's face brightened. "Oh really? A thing? Sounds interesting." Her eyes fell on his position in the bed. "You aren't sick are you? Are you feeling ok?" She placed a hand on his head, jerking suddenly. "You're you warm! Is this what you were keeping form me?"
Kurama blushed a deep crimson and crimpled his sheets into a ball. "N- no...I uh...didn't want you to know about the surprise I had for you!" He lowered his head, hoping she wouldn't ask about the new color his face decided to change to. "It's downstairs in the backyard. "But you have to close your eyes first!"
Shiori giggled and did as she was told and Kurama took this time to crawl out of bed to put on his slippers, walking past Botan and Yusuke, who eyed his face curiously. "Don't ask..." he mumbled waving them off. Taking his mother by the shoulders he led her to the stairs, his color slowly turning back to normal.
The door to his brother's room was open and from inside he could here him playing some new game he got recently, hopefully he wouldn't fallow. "Where you going Shuichi?" Damn.
"Nowhere, lil' Shu-chan. You follow, you die, got that?" Kurama snapped. That seemed like something his other half would say.
"Yeah right, you wouldn't do anything! You'd get in trouble because I'm the cute one and everyone loves me." The small boy called out form his doorway.
"So who cares? No one would miss you because I'm the incredibly sexy one that everyone adores!" Kurama shot back, giving him a wink. The boy stuck his tongue out and left, swearing revenge and saying that he'd win next time.
"Anytime now Kurama." Shiori said.
"Oh right! Just a minuet." Kurama motioned for Yusuke to lead his mother down the steps and for Botan to follow him. He'd need all the help he could get to pull this one off. He rushed back into his room and opened the nightstand by his bed. Picking up a hand full of seeds he told Botan to hold on to him and jumped from his window, landing on the soft grass below. "Here, take these and spread them out along the back yard gate, but not too close. I'll start on the other side and we'll met on the in middle in the back." Botan nodded and set out to work.
After a few minuets Yusuke's voice rang out in the air. "This is going to be on heck of a surprise, right Shuichi?" he sighed. This was so stupid! I mean, who the hell was he talking to? The clone would owe him big time.
The redhead turned to see Yusuke rounding the corner with his mother...all most finished.....there! He chuckled nervously when Yusuke shot him a death glare. Turning quickly back to the seeds that were just planted. Botan had just finished was now walking towards them, her hands behind her head.
"Now...?" Shiori asked again.
"Hold on...." Kurama replied. Growing plants are easy seeing as he was made from one there would be no problem. He concentrated, distributing his youki to the freshly planted seeds and before long they sprouted, growing into lush rose bushes. "See? I knew I could do it!" he cheered admiring his work.
Shiori opened her eyes, a small gasp escaping her lips. "Shuichi...it's beautiful. But, where'd you get the money to buy all of this?" She looked around at the rose filled garden.
Yusuke sighed and Botan groaned. That was something that wasn't expected. Kurama searched his friends for an answer but found none, much to his dismay. Some friends! Oh well... "No price is to good for my mother." He stammered eventually. That sounded good, right? Yeah!
She giggled again turning to leave for the house. That was a surprise..." she winked. "I'll have on waiting for you a dinner, your favorite." She said disappearing into the house.
Yusuke waited until the woman had disappeared into the house to give the redhead a playful shove. "What's she talking about? Huh? A teddy bear? Oh, a geek book maybe?"
Kurama pushed him back, after searching through his other half's memory he discovered he had a soft spot for chocolate. So what? What's wrong with that? "Shut up!"
"Why were you blushing earlier?" Botan asked.
Kurama shrugged, she had to bring that up again. He was trying to avoid that subject. "Oh, it was nothing." He lied. When she didn't pressure him anymore he sat down on the soft grass and Botan and Yusuke joined him. Silence filled the air and they just sat there for a while, enjoying each other's company.
"I wonder How Kurama and Hiei are doing?" Yusuke blurted suddenly.
Botan shrugged and turned to Kurama, smiling. "I wonder too, they are ok, right?"
Kurama blushed and lowered his head. The same crimson covered his face again. Damn it all! "I'm...I'm sure they're fine." He mumbled. Why him...there were times when he wished that He couldn't feel things during his connection with is other half like pain and this was definitely one of them.
"What's wrong?" Yusuke asked, blinking at his friend's new expression. His confusion was soon replaced by a sly, sneaky grin. "Oh...I think I know! Kurama's being a bad boy in the Makai!" he nudged the clone knowingly.
Kurama shoved him back. "Shut up!"
"I was right! Go Kurama!"
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"
"What? What's going on?" Botan looked from one idiot to the other. Here we go again.
Yusuke turned to grin at her. "Our favorite fox boy is getting laid!"
"Shut up! Enough!"
Botan face faulted. "Uh...Yusuke that's just disturbing...and perverted." She said rolling her eyes.
The teen threw his hands up in defense. "Hey, I'm not the one that's linked, tell that to him!" he pointed to Kurama."
Botan turned to Kurama and smiled a little. "Oh...I see what you mean." She rubbed his back softly. "Poor guy..."
"Yeah right..." Yusuke snickered.
"I'm warning you Yusuke!"
"What you going to do, blush me to death? That's a laugh!"
"You're asking for it..."
"Oh no! Don't hurt me!"
That's it!" Yusuke got up and ran tagging an enraged Kurama swinging his whip behind. "Come back here and face me coward!" Botan sighed, she might as well sit back and watch, she learned from experience that stopping them was near impossible.
"Catch me first red!" Yusuke called back powering up his spirit gun. If fox boy wanted to play, he'd play. "Spirit gun!" Kurama spun to the side to avoid the shot then used his youki to grow a blade of grass around his ankle causing Yusuke to trip and fall. The redhead summoned more of his plants to tie the youth to the ground and now stood over him, a cocky grin on his face. "Alright...alright. I'm sorry!"
Kurama released him, turning to leave, a grin on his face. "I know you are...no need to grovel." Yusuke sat up rubbing his wrists and mumbling a string of cruses. That caught Kurama's attention. "What?" he narrowed his eyes.
"I said you dirty bastard!" Yusuke shot back. Botan groaned inwardly. Here we go again.
"A dirty, bastard huh?" The fox tightened his hand around his whip. "I'll show you dirty." A demented smirk crossed his lips. "Such bad words..."
Yusuke leapt to his feet and begin slowly backing away. "Hey...what's wrong? Why you looking at me like that." He looked to Botan who shrugged back. She wasn't getting into this one.
"Discipline!" Kurama roared, snapping the whip at his feet.
Yusuke jumped out the way, a glare on his face. "Quit playin! Ow! Quit playin!"
"Run Yusuke! Run!" Botan giggled as she watched Kurama chase Yusuke around the yard. The clone certainly added a new twist to things. The wind blew ratting a few rose petals from their stems and she caught one between her fingers. But there still was something that bothered her. Would Kurama ever come back? They would all miss him and the little fire demon a lot. The clone was nice but everyone knew that he could never replace the real thing, no matter how close they where linked. But then that was the funny thing about friends. Destiny always brought true ones back together again. She released the petal, watching as it continued its flight to its unknown destination and sighed. Wherever Kurama and Hiei were, at least they were happy...
Topazia: Ah...I love tormenting da clone...and Yusuke. Anyway, thanks for reading my story! I love you guys! I'd be glad to continue, anybody want a sequel? Review and let me know! ^^
Kurama cringed as Hiei place new bandages on his wounds. Some times it was shocking for him to be so cold and heartless one moment and soft and gentle the next. Yukina was sent to live with Genkai. At least that way the others could watch her, with them she was a target and Hiei didn't want that. "Are you angry with me?"
Hiei looked up from his work, a questioning gaze on his face. "What are you talking about?"
"Are you mad at me?" the redhead repeated.
"I thought that at least you would make sense but here you are sounding like that idiot Kuwabara." Hiei sneered. He dipped a cloth into a bowl of water and started his repair to Kurama's arm.
"You're changing the subject Hiei... " Kurama said after a while. It was something that had to be done. After all that's happened, all the trouble he caused he had to know.
"No...I'm not angry with you." The little demon sighed.
"That's nice to hear...you've answered one question, do you mind one more?" He knew he was pushing it but it was worth a try.
"You could try but that doesn't mean I'll answer." Came Hiei's simple reply.
"Remember that day in the market...the day you left me so suddenly?" Kurama asked, watching him intently. Now or never. He had to know. "You never did give me a reply to that."
Hiei tensed, he knew well what the fox was talking about but it was a subject he had wanted to avoid. That day in the market was when he first said 'I love you...' a funny phrase. It had been the cause of all his trouble, but some how he knew he wanted to hear it. Why he left Kurama was another story. Just because he was glad Kurama told him his feelings didn't mean he believed it.
He couldn't believe it...Kurama was one known for moving around, getting tired of one lover and moving to the next. Hiei refused to end up like that... "So..." He muttered with a shrug. "Why should I care?"
Kurama gave him a warm smile. He could tell Hiei was uncomfortable with the subject and almost hated bothering him. "Well, you should care." He whispered softly resting an arm on his shoulder.
Hiei jerked away walking to where his bowl lay. The fox had obviously made a ' full recovery '. "Don't touch me!" he snapped, dipping the blood- drenched towel into the cool water, watching as blood and water became one. His next words were softer...strained even. "That's what you want me to think...you want me to believe that don't you? You want me to fall for that." He pounded his fists on the table and watched the little ripples that formed, such tiny, peaceful ripples. "That's why I left you that day. I was trying to avoid you!" he said, his voice rising with each word spoken.
Kurama stared at him from his perch on his bed, then glanced down at his arm. He didn't know he troubled Hiei that much, he never knew. Hiei ran from him? Sighing Kurama got up and walked to his friend, draping his arms around his next. "I'd never leave you, if that's what you were worried about." He whispered softly.
"...Liar..."
"No...no lies..." The red head nuzzled his neck softly. "I promise..."
*~*~*~*~*~
"Find out what?" Botan threw a nervous glance at Yusuke who in turn shrugged and looked towards Kurama.
Botan fumbled with her hands a little. "Well, we didn't want you to find out about...about the uh...the uh..." she stammered turning her pleading eyes to Yusuke. She now realized that this was an extremely bad idea.
"The uh...thing! The thing about Kur...Shuichi!" Yusuke continued triumphantly. "That's it!" He finished with a grin, turning to look at his friends, who in turn looked as if they wanted to rip him to shreds.
Shiori's face brightened. "Oh really? A thing? Sounds interesting." Her eyes fell on his position in the bed. "You aren't sick are you? Are you feeling ok?" She placed a hand on his head, jerking suddenly. "You're you warm! Is this what you were keeping form me?"
Kurama blushed a deep crimson and crimpled his sheets into a ball. "N- no...I uh...didn't want you to know about the surprise I had for you!" He lowered his head, hoping she wouldn't ask about the new color his face decided to change to. "It's downstairs in the backyard. "But you have to close your eyes first!"
Shiori giggled and did as she was told and Kurama took this time to crawl out of bed to put on his slippers, walking past Botan and Yusuke, who eyed his face curiously. "Don't ask..." he mumbled waving them off. Taking his mother by the shoulders he led her to the stairs, his color slowly turning back to normal.
The door to his brother's room was open and from inside he could here him playing some new game he got recently, hopefully he wouldn't fallow. "Where you going Shuichi?" Damn.
"Nowhere, lil' Shu-chan. You follow, you die, got that?" Kurama snapped. That seemed like something his other half would say.
"Yeah right, you wouldn't do anything! You'd get in trouble because I'm the cute one and everyone loves me." The small boy called out form his doorway.
"So who cares? No one would miss you because I'm the incredibly sexy one that everyone adores!" Kurama shot back, giving him a wink. The boy stuck his tongue out and left, swearing revenge and saying that he'd win next time.
"Anytime now Kurama." Shiori said.
"Oh right! Just a minuet." Kurama motioned for Yusuke to lead his mother down the steps and for Botan to follow him. He'd need all the help he could get to pull this one off. He rushed back into his room and opened the nightstand by his bed. Picking up a hand full of seeds he told Botan to hold on to him and jumped from his window, landing on the soft grass below. "Here, take these and spread them out along the back yard gate, but not too close. I'll start on the other side and we'll met on the in middle in the back." Botan nodded and set out to work.
After a few minuets Yusuke's voice rang out in the air. "This is going to be on heck of a surprise, right Shuichi?" he sighed. This was so stupid! I mean, who the hell was he talking to? The clone would owe him big time.
The redhead turned to see Yusuke rounding the corner with his mother...all most finished.....there! He chuckled nervously when Yusuke shot him a death glare. Turning quickly back to the seeds that were just planted. Botan had just finished was now walking towards them, her hands behind her head.
"Now...?" Shiori asked again.
"Hold on...." Kurama replied. Growing plants are easy seeing as he was made from one there would be no problem. He concentrated, distributing his youki to the freshly planted seeds and before long they sprouted, growing into lush rose bushes. "See? I knew I could do it!" he cheered admiring his work.
Shiori opened her eyes, a small gasp escaping her lips. "Shuichi...it's beautiful. But, where'd you get the money to buy all of this?" She looked around at the rose filled garden.
Yusuke sighed and Botan groaned. That was something that wasn't expected. Kurama searched his friends for an answer but found none, much to his dismay. Some friends! Oh well... "No price is to good for my mother." He stammered eventually. That sounded good, right? Yeah!
She giggled again turning to leave for the house. That was a surprise..." she winked. "I'll have on waiting for you a dinner, your favorite." She said disappearing into the house.
Yusuke waited until the woman had disappeared into the house to give the redhead a playful shove. "What's she talking about? Huh? A teddy bear? Oh, a geek book maybe?"
Kurama pushed him back, after searching through his other half's memory he discovered he had a soft spot for chocolate. So what? What's wrong with that? "Shut up!"
"Why were you blushing earlier?" Botan asked.
Kurama shrugged, she had to bring that up again. He was trying to avoid that subject. "Oh, it was nothing." He lied. When she didn't pressure him anymore he sat down on the soft grass and Botan and Yusuke joined him. Silence filled the air and they just sat there for a while, enjoying each other's company.
"I wonder How Kurama and Hiei are doing?" Yusuke blurted suddenly.
Botan shrugged and turned to Kurama, smiling. "I wonder too, they are ok, right?"
Kurama blushed and lowered his head. The same crimson covered his face again. Damn it all! "I'm...I'm sure they're fine." He mumbled. Why him...there were times when he wished that He couldn't feel things during his connection with is other half like pain and this was definitely one of them.
"What's wrong?" Yusuke asked, blinking at his friend's new expression. His confusion was soon replaced by a sly, sneaky grin. "Oh...I think I know! Kurama's being a bad boy in the Makai!" he nudged the clone knowingly.
Kurama shoved him back. "Shut up!"
"I was right! Go Kurama!"
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"
"What? What's going on?" Botan looked from one idiot to the other. Here we go again.
Yusuke turned to grin at her. "Our favorite fox boy is getting laid!"
"Shut up! Enough!"
Botan face faulted. "Uh...Yusuke that's just disturbing...and perverted." She said rolling her eyes.
The teen threw his hands up in defense. "Hey, I'm not the one that's linked, tell that to him!" he pointed to Kurama."
Botan turned to Kurama and smiled a little. "Oh...I see what you mean." She rubbed his back softly. "Poor guy..."
"Yeah right..." Yusuke snickered.
"I'm warning you Yusuke!"
"What you going to do, blush me to death? That's a laugh!"
"You're asking for it..."
"Oh no! Don't hurt me!"
That's it!" Yusuke got up and ran tagging an enraged Kurama swinging his whip behind. "Come back here and face me coward!" Botan sighed, she might as well sit back and watch, she learned from experience that stopping them was near impossible.
"Catch me first red!" Yusuke called back powering up his spirit gun. If fox boy wanted to play, he'd play. "Spirit gun!" Kurama spun to the side to avoid the shot then used his youki to grow a blade of grass around his ankle causing Yusuke to trip and fall. The redhead summoned more of his plants to tie the youth to the ground and now stood over him, a cocky grin on his face. "Alright...alright. I'm sorry!"
Kurama released him, turning to leave, a grin on his face. "I know you are...no need to grovel." Yusuke sat up rubbing his wrists and mumbling a string of cruses. That caught Kurama's attention. "What?" he narrowed his eyes.
"I said you dirty bastard!" Yusuke shot back. Botan groaned inwardly. Here we go again.
"A dirty, bastard huh?" The fox tightened his hand around his whip. "I'll show you dirty." A demented smirk crossed his lips. "Such bad words..."
Yusuke leapt to his feet and begin slowly backing away. "Hey...what's wrong? Why you looking at me like that." He looked to Botan who shrugged back. She wasn't getting into this one.
"Discipline!" Kurama roared, snapping the whip at his feet.
Yusuke jumped out the way, a glare on his face. "Quit playin! Ow! Quit playin!"
"Run Yusuke! Run!" Botan giggled as she watched Kurama chase Yusuke around the yard. The clone certainly added a new twist to things. The wind blew ratting a few rose petals from their stems and she caught one between her fingers. But there still was something that bothered her. Would Kurama ever come back? They would all miss him and the little fire demon a lot. The clone was nice but everyone knew that he could never replace the real thing, no matter how close they where linked. But then that was the funny thing about friends. Destiny always brought true ones back together again. She released the petal, watching as it continued its flight to its unknown destination and sighed. Wherever Kurama and Hiei were, at least they were happy...
Topazia: Ah...I love tormenting da clone...and Yusuke. Anyway, thanks for reading my story! I love you guys! I'd be glad to continue, anybody want a sequel? Review and let me know! ^^