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Oh.

The poem was written by me.

That's my name.

Yep..

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'Warm…Why am I so warm?'

Shiori's eyes opened, they were slightly hazy; drugged.

'Dark, it's so dark…'

After looking around, she gasped. It was hideous.

The place where she was located could only be called a cell.

Stone walls surrounded her back and sides.

And before her was a single row of thick metal bars.

The place reeked of death.

Shifting in her spot, she shakes her head.

It just had to be a sick dream.

Right?

She was getting increasingly nauseated.

Musing on the reason why, she glanced around her prison.

Her eyes finally resting on a mirror; it was directly in front of her.

'It's probably the only thing that's clean in here.' She said quietly.

Her hands were itching to dust or wash the ragged compartment.

Eyes strayed from the walls and floors and back to the mirror.

And she screamed loudly, a noise that bested the word bloodcurdling, before she fainted.

The image she had seen was she.

Bruised and beaten.

Long gashes ran down her naked body;

Patches of dried blood stood out on pale skin.

And…

Hundreds of rats, which varied in size and color, rested on her body, chewing and scratching.

Her cell was infested with them.

Laughter echoed throughout the place.

A short, barking sound.

Standing there, before the fainted woman, was a man dressed in black.

All noise ceased except the few chirps that sounded from the rats.

'The wounds would get infected before Kurama ever found her.

Stupid, pitiful human existence…

How can they live like this?

A demon would easily fend off the furry beasts.

Especially the two that he wanted.

Oh yes, they could very easily escape.'

He muttered a few choice words and shook his head.

White hair flew, eyes gleamed a golden tint.

White on gold…

Wasn't that just like a Youko?

Fresh tears coated his face, fresh wonderful tears…

He was crying, for his mother.

For Shiori…

A tentative brush against his shoulder soothed and shocked him.

Lips pulled backwards in a snarl, he turned about, eyeing the one known as Hiei savagely.

"Get away from me…"

Anger and sadness, that was all that spoke.

He was being ignored, Hiei stepped forward, arm outstretched, for him.

Him.

"Get away from me now demon!"

Rage; an emotion which had been stock-still for years, tumbled out. Ki-energy raised in a defensive technique.

Defensive against Hiei.

Firsts clenched tightly at his sides and his eyes were still wet, wide-green blurred by tears.

Another step forward.

Hissing, Kurama steps back, breath increasing at an alarming rate. Chest rose up and down rapidly.

Up and down.

More confidently, it seemed, Hiei strode towards him once more, hands clutching the material of Kurama's school jacket.

Shocked, Kurama began to struggle uselessly, overcome by the lose of his mother.

And then Hiei did something that both calmed and frightened Kurama. He stepped forward, the space between their bodies closing at an alarming rate, as his arms moved at a frighteningly fast speed to Kurama's back.

Hiei had embraced Kurama.

Gently, compassionately.

And ever-so-smoothly, Kurama embraced him back, arms weaving through hair and limbs, curling around a lithe waist.

All of a sudden everything didn't feel so wrong, just right.

Finally.

"Fox…"

Poke.

"Fox."

Poke, poke.

"Wake up."

Another series of pokes came after a few more sentences.

Hiei was getting progressively annoyed.

'Why wouldn't this stupid fox wake up?'

Growling, Hiei's hands move from their spot…around Kurama's back.

'Since when did that happen?'

Swallowing, Hiei's eyes widen just a bit more.

He couldn't move.

Squirming under the weight known as Kurama, he slowly starts to move the fox.

Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, Kurama's hands tightened.

Around Hiei's stomach.

'Did he really want to move?

It was warm here…

Nice and cozy.'

Blushing, Hiei renewed his struggles physically and verbally.

"Wake up fox!"

Sighing, he shook his head and said softly, "What about that stupid human?"

A light grin swept the annoyed expression from his face.

'A ha!'

As he had thought, green eyes opened, they were slightly red and puffy, and Kurama's body shifted.

And he muttered too, before sighing contentedly and cuddling back into the warmth of Hiei.

Blinking and tilting his head to the right, Hiei resumes his poking.

"Damn it Kurama, wake up now!"

That seemed to strike something.

Green eyes flew open, and Kurama's weight lifted.

They stared at each other, wide and innocent eyes held almond shady ones.

Both of their cheeks held scattered blushes.

Kurama was currently straddling our poor shorter demon; knees bunched up together and pressed firmly at Hiei's sides.

It was all too cute and well, perfect.

They refused it.

They had too, for 'Shiori's' sake.

Hiei took a moment to glance out the window, the dark had fallen only moments earlier.

Only an hour had passed…but that was all that was needed.

Perhaps, and hour ago, the woman was killed.

He knew Kurama was thinking it, he could see it in his eyes.

And somehow, the remark, 'You've lost your touch, fox.' Seemed all too harsh.

All-too-harsh indeed.

They were running, tracking smells.

They didn't know where to begin.

The Makai?

The Earth?

It was too infuriating…

Kurama knew that Shiori couldn't survive in the Makai for long.

He just knew it…

Ahhh…They wee finally on the move.

Good, good.

Hurry up, "Shuichi Minamio" your "mother" awaits you.

Time is wasting.

Faster, Shuichi, faster…

Tick-tock, tick-tock.

And the golden-eyed stranger laughed, pale and thin digits brushing through hair; that was snow-white and waste-length

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