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"No Leave me alone. get away." Hiei was turning in his sleep, "Stop! Get away! Leave me alone!" His entire body was dripping in sweat and his temperature, although already higher then any humans, was rising dangerously. He had been hurt badly in a fight the previous day, and was bleeding freely all over. He was collapsed on one of the higher branches of a tree in the park. It was late at night, almost 12:00am, he screamed as a frightening image in his mind forced him awake. He gripped tightly at the bark on the branch trying to regain his balance, but to no avail and he fell with a sickening crack to the ground below. Some how with great pain he managed to drag himself to Kurama's window, he barely had enough strength to knock. Luckily a certain fox was still awake, finishing some last minute homework. Hiei Grasped his side as the sharp pains grew more painful and the throbbing in the back of his head just throbbed harder. He threw his fist against the window, which left a thick smear of crimson blood to drip down to the white pane. Kurama threw his head up at the loud sound and looked around the room. Before he even laid eyes on it, he could smell the blood everywhere. He ran to the window and tried to thrust it open, to realize it was locked. Fumbling with the lock he finally after a few seconds threw it open and hung his head outside.

".Hiei? Hiei! K'so what happened to you!?" Hiei Just smirked, "is it really the time for that now." he winced in pain and grasped his abdomen, as his eyes rolled back and he passed out. "Damnit, Hiei!" Kurama ran down the hall and out his door. Luckily his Mother wasn't home so he quickly grabbed Hiei and ran inside. He felt the heat radiating from his fever and tried hard not to touch his skin, as it burned unnaturally hot. As soon as he set him down he noticed that the blood had soaked through from Hiei's garments onto his and also on the sheets of his bed. Kurama quickly stripped him revealing the worst of many, many wounds, slicing open his abdomen entirely. A little deeper and Hiei would be dead.

"Hiei what have you gotten yourself into." Kurama sighed as he ran down the stairs after the first aid kit. As he walked in to the room Hiei was breathing short raspy breaths and shaking all over.

"Hiei This will hurt just hold on alright?" Kurama Carefully tended to the worst of the many, many wounds. After some struggling and pain filled screams from Hiei, the wound was covered and wrapped. After letting him calm down, Kurama kneeled down beside Hiei and inspected the rest of his body for serious injuries. When he didn't find any he grabbed some antibiotics and more gauze and wraps, taking care of the lesser abrasions. *** "Where are you going?" Midori asked as Kurama turned a different corner; "your house is on the other road." she trailed off and jogged forward to catch up with him.

"I need to get some more bandages. Hiei came over last night, the boy I've been telling you about, well he was pretty beat up. I used up most of what we had in the first aid kit just for his one wound, and I have a feeling that the bleeding hasn't stopped entirely yet." Her eyes grew wide.

"He'll be alright though?" she asked still trying to keep up with Kurama's fast pace. "Yes I think so, he'll need to rest for a while though he's lost a lot of blood."

"I'll come too" Kurama stopped and looked at her concerned.

"Are you sure? Its really not that nice of a site to look at." She glared at him.

"What do you take me for Shuichii? We're not in second grade anymore; I think I can handle a little blood. After what I've seen I think ill be alright." He sighed.

"I didn't mean to bring that up Midori." "Well then drop it!" she kept walking to the store they were headed to, in front of Kurama this time. He kept his distance until they reached the small medical supply shop on the corner. He went in and she stood on the step by the doorway. "I'll only be a second." ***
"Wait now where are you going?" Midori turned to face the direction of her house. Unlocking the small gate and jogged up the small dirt path that led up the hill. "I'll meet you at your house. I'm going to get changed" Kurama nodded and kept going forward. "Damn I can't feel Hiei's youkai." He Quickly hurried back to his house. ***
Hiei was still passed out on Kurama's bed, breathing lightly. As Kurama walked in, and shut the door behind him, Hiei's eyes shot open and his breath quickened. "Calm down, its only me." Hiei glared at the red head and attempted to roll over with no success. He doubled up in pain and just laid flat for the time being. "You shouldn't move for now, Here hold still I need to change the bandage." Just then Midori walked in as the fox was struggling with the stubborn koorime. Hiei Gasped in surprise at the sight of her and quickly thrust the blanket over himself not sure if he were decent for her eyes to see.

She laughed at his behavior and slowly approached the two, sitting beside Kurama. "So this is him huh? He doesn't look as big and strong as you seem to think the way you talk about him..." she tilted her head to the side and smiled, "I'm Midori, Your Hiei I presume?" He just nodded and looked away as Kurama finished. ***

Hiei sat up carefully and covered his mid-section with the blanket. He placed his hands in an x behind his head and leaned his torso against the wall. Hiei shut his eyes and sighed forgetting that midori was in the room. "Stupid Kurama he worries to much...and his room smells like flowers..." she looked up at him with questioning eyes. "Kurama... don't you mean Shuiichi?" she looked at him confused. His eyes opened with the same confused look and he blinked at her several times. As Kurama walked in the room he was greeted with protesting glares. "How come he calls you Kurama?" Midori said pointing in Hiei's direction. "Yea and what's this Shuiichi business?" He inquired pointing right back at her. "Oh great," Kurama rolled his eyes and sighed walking past midori and over to Hiei handing him a tray with a bowl of soup broth. "Its best if you don't try and eat anything solid for a while but if you think your ever going to bring your strength up your going to eat this." He said handing the tray to the smaller man. "Che." he took it and laid it on his lap, as he listened to the light conversation of Kurama and Midori.