Don't own it!
AN Thanks for sticking with me this far! I love you all! Cookies for everyone who reviewed! *throws cookies* WHEE! Anyway, here's the next part for you.
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Chapter 4
Hiei Vs. Girls: Round 1 *ding*
"What do you mean three thousand?" Kurama shouted, banging one fist down onto the dirty table top. "It's just a stupid seed!" He could feel the energy of the seed sitting just three feet away from him yet couldn't do anything to get it, the ice demon had mentally placed wards up around him.
Stupid wards.
Hiei imitated the Youko's movements exactly, although the table was charred were his fist landed, rather then dented. "HN!"
Heads all around the bar turned to stare at both the kitsune and the fire demon, not sure whether to be amused or terrified. They settled for terrified and fled from the building. Hiei laughed cutely and slipped off of the bench, toddling around the room looking for something fun to do.
The ice demon sitting across the booth frowned at Kurama. "Three thousand," he repeated stubbornly. "Because the plant killed my partners."
"If you don't give me the seed, *MY* plants will kill you!" Kurama hissed, reaching into his hair for a seed.
"Kill me and loose the seed." The demon said smugly. "I've heard about your plants, they eat everything in their path. Not even clothing comes out of their grasp."
Kurama settled back in his chair, a contemplative look in his eyes. With a careless move he returned the Death Tree seed to his hair and pulled out another of a similar nature. "It's true, my Death Tree does eat everything I will it to." He suddenly smirked, knowing the tables had turned in his favor, "but my Death *Plant* merely eats away at the blood and grows inside the body. I'm sure it's more painful, but it will secure me the seed."
The ice demon paled, his hand groping for a small pouch in his pocket. It wasn't there.
"Kra'ma!" Hiei sang, holding up a small velvet sack. He made a sound that resembled a purr, rubbing the softness of it along his cheek.
"Well, look what Hiei found," Kurama said softly, bending to remove the baby from the floor. The kitsune could feel the energy of the seed inside the pouch, smiling at the baby's unintentional cleverness. "Perhaps we should leave then, you look awfully sleepy." He turned and nodded at the demon, who was still searching for the velvet pouch.
"You're lucky I have a new charge, or I most certainly would have killed you."
The ice demon passed out from relief.
Kurama then stood up and calmly walked out of the building and began the hour long trek back to his current den. After about twenty minutes, his arms began to fall asleep from the weight of the sleeping fire demon and he grew a few vines to act as a sling. Hiei settled into the sling easily and continued with his nap, one hand clenching Kurama's hair, the other still fisting the velvet pouch.
"That is so *adorable*!" A squealing female voice shrilled from somewhere on the path behind him.
"I know, I *love* a man who cares for his child like that!" Another high pitched feminine voice agreed, this time closer to him.
Hiei stirred at the unusually high voices, squeezing his eyes tighter together as though hoping it were only a dream.
"Yes, a family man is the best kind. Although, in this world you must take what you can get, all the nice demons get eaten." The first decided, from directly behind the kitsune. From both the volume of their voices, and the fact that they were all but attacking him and Hiei, Kurama knew they were waiting for him to turn around and say something.
Stiffening his resolve, Kurama slowly turned around, making sure to put as much grace and power into the movement as possible. "Do you need something?" He asked lowly, the tone in his voice clearly stating that the two girls were better off far from him.
"OH!" The first voice, belonging to the blond bimbo to the left squealed, directing her attention at the slumbering fire demon. "He's so cute! What's his name? Can I hold him? Are you his father?"
The other girl, a dark haired moron, shrilled her voice as well, reaching out with arms that seemed to grow in order to snatch Hiei from Kurama's arms. She succeeded in her snatch, bringing Hiei to rest against her shoulder like a dead animal she was about to skin and eat.
Hiei woke up with a scream, clawing at the girl with all his baby strength to be returned to the Youko's arms, but it wasn't enough to deter the feakishly determined female.
"Isn't that just the sweetest thing!" The girl holding Hiei laughed, not noticing the bloody gashes left behind by small fingernails. "This one is definitely going to be a fighter!" She took a closer look. "Ohh! This is a Koorime birth gem!" She exclaimed, pulling out the little Heriseki stone that had fallen on Kurama's head months before. "No Koorime would willingly give this up! Where did you get it?!"
"Kra'ma!" Hiei screamed, now fighting to get his gem back, "KRA'MA!!! WAHHHHHHH!" The three month old Youkai burst into tears, a few of them hardening into perfectly shaped gems. "Kra'ma..."
And that was all it took for Kurama to act. "YOU FOOLS!" He snarled, snatching Hiei into his arms. "Scaring a defenseless child like that!" He bent to retrieve the black Heriseki stones from the ground before focusing his spirit energy to trap the girls in cocoon of icy cold weeds that spit ice chips into their victims.
"There, there," he soothed, turning away and continuing on the path. Slowly, the silver kitsune wiped the remaining wetness left from the tears away.
Hiei slowly quieted, his red eyes closing with exhaustion.
"Go to sleep," Kurama encouraged. "That's it..."
It was only then that he realized he had used his ice plant on the foolish girls. "OH FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!" He wailed, turning around. "That was the only seed I had!"
STUPID ICE!
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AN A few things before I let Hiei and Kurama take over for me. Somebody asked what a Koorime is, that's the type of demon that Yukina is (an ice apperitition). Somebody else mentioned something about Hiei growing up with bandits. I'll get to that in later chapters, I promise. *sniffle* There's going to be angst! WAHHH! Um, I think that's it. Take it away guys!
Kurama: my seed!
Hiei: your seed? WHAT ABOUT ME! This stupid fools wanted to eat me!
Kurama: they just thought you were cute!
Hiei: ... why?
*crickets chirp*
Hiei: KURAMA! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO ANSWER THAT! DON'T YOU RUN AWAY FROM ME!!! KURAMA!!!!!!!
Review!
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AN Thanks for sticking with me this far! I love you all! Cookies for everyone who reviewed! *throws cookies* WHEE! Anyway, here's the next part for you.
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Chapter 4
Hiei Vs. Girls: Round 1 *ding*
"What do you mean three thousand?" Kurama shouted, banging one fist down onto the dirty table top. "It's just a stupid seed!" He could feel the energy of the seed sitting just three feet away from him yet couldn't do anything to get it, the ice demon had mentally placed wards up around him.
Stupid wards.
Hiei imitated the Youko's movements exactly, although the table was charred were his fist landed, rather then dented. "HN!"
Heads all around the bar turned to stare at both the kitsune and the fire demon, not sure whether to be amused or terrified. They settled for terrified and fled from the building. Hiei laughed cutely and slipped off of the bench, toddling around the room looking for something fun to do.
The ice demon sitting across the booth frowned at Kurama. "Three thousand," he repeated stubbornly. "Because the plant killed my partners."
"If you don't give me the seed, *MY* plants will kill you!" Kurama hissed, reaching into his hair for a seed.
"Kill me and loose the seed." The demon said smugly. "I've heard about your plants, they eat everything in their path. Not even clothing comes out of their grasp."
Kurama settled back in his chair, a contemplative look in his eyes. With a careless move he returned the Death Tree seed to his hair and pulled out another of a similar nature. "It's true, my Death Tree does eat everything I will it to." He suddenly smirked, knowing the tables had turned in his favor, "but my Death *Plant* merely eats away at the blood and grows inside the body. I'm sure it's more painful, but it will secure me the seed."
The ice demon paled, his hand groping for a small pouch in his pocket. It wasn't there.
"Kra'ma!" Hiei sang, holding up a small velvet sack. He made a sound that resembled a purr, rubbing the softness of it along his cheek.
"Well, look what Hiei found," Kurama said softly, bending to remove the baby from the floor. The kitsune could feel the energy of the seed inside the pouch, smiling at the baby's unintentional cleverness. "Perhaps we should leave then, you look awfully sleepy." He turned and nodded at the demon, who was still searching for the velvet pouch.
"You're lucky I have a new charge, or I most certainly would have killed you."
The ice demon passed out from relief.
Kurama then stood up and calmly walked out of the building and began the hour long trek back to his current den. After about twenty minutes, his arms began to fall asleep from the weight of the sleeping fire demon and he grew a few vines to act as a sling. Hiei settled into the sling easily and continued with his nap, one hand clenching Kurama's hair, the other still fisting the velvet pouch.
"That is so *adorable*!" A squealing female voice shrilled from somewhere on the path behind him.
"I know, I *love* a man who cares for his child like that!" Another high pitched feminine voice agreed, this time closer to him.
Hiei stirred at the unusually high voices, squeezing his eyes tighter together as though hoping it were only a dream.
"Yes, a family man is the best kind. Although, in this world you must take what you can get, all the nice demons get eaten." The first decided, from directly behind the kitsune. From both the volume of their voices, and the fact that they were all but attacking him and Hiei, Kurama knew they were waiting for him to turn around and say something.
Stiffening his resolve, Kurama slowly turned around, making sure to put as much grace and power into the movement as possible. "Do you need something?" He asked lowly, the tone in his voice clearly stating that the two girls were better off far from him.
"OH!" The first voice, belonging to the blond bimbo to the left squealed, directing her attention at the slumbering fire demon. "He's so cute! What's his name? Can I hold him? Are you his father?"
The other girl, a dark haired moron, shrilled her voice as well, reaching out with arms that seemed to grow in order to snatch Hiei from Kurama's arms. She succeeded in her snatch, bringing Hiei to rest against her shoulder like a dead animal she was about to skin and eat.
Hiei woke up with a scream, clawing at the girl with all his baby strength to be returned to the Youko's arms, but it wasn't enough to deter the feakishly determined female.
"Isn't that just the sweetest thing!" The girl holding Hiei laughed, not noticing the bloody gashes left behind by small fingernails. "This one is definitely going to be a fighter!" She took a closer look. "Ohh! This is a Koorime birth gem!" She exclaimed, pulling out the little Heriseki stone that had fallen on Kurama's head months before. "No Koorime would willingly give this up! Where did you get it?!"
"Kra'ma!" Hiei screamed, now fighting to get his gem back, "KRA'MA!!! WAHHHHHHH!" The three month old Youkai burst into tears, a few of them hardening into perfectly shaped gems. "Kra'ma..."
And that was all it took for Kurama to act. "YOU FOOLS!" He snarled, snatching Hiei into his arms. "Scaring a defenseless child like that!" He bent to retrieve the black Heriseki stones from the ground before focusing his spirit energy to trap the girls in cocoon of icy cold weeds that spit ice chips into their victims.
"There, there," he soothed, turning away and continuing on the path. Slowly, the silver kitsune wiped the remaining wetness left from the tears away.
Hiei slowly quieted, his red eyes closing with exhaustion.
"Go to sleep," Kurama encouraged. "That's it..."
It was only then that he realized he had used his ice plant on the foolish girls. "OH FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!" He wailed, turning around. "That was the only seed I had!"
STUPID ICE!
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AN A few things before I let Hiei and Kurama take over for me. Somebody asked what a Koorime is, that's the type of demon that Yukina is (an ice apperitition). Somebody else mentioned something about Hiei growing up with bandits. I'll get to that in later chapters, I promise. *sniffle* There's going to be angst! WAHHH! Um, I think that's it. Take it away guys!
Kurama: my seed!
Hiei: your seed? WHAT ABOUT ME! This stupid fools wanted to eat me!
Kurama: they just thought you were cute!
Hiei: ... why?
*crickets chirp*
Hiei: KURAMA! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO ANSWER THAT! DON'T YOU RUN AWAY FROM ME!!! KURAMA!!!!!!!
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