Disclaimer: *falls over laughing* You think YYH belongs to me... oh that's rich! If only!
AN Right, so that I've posted my mid-story iterlude, I can get back to the main story idea. That being this chapter. Anyway, I know it's short but I had this poster I had to create about some religious holiday I had never before heard of. Ironic, ne? How it's ironic, I have absolutely no idea, but I'm sure it is somehow. Right, because of all the questions about the imps, I'll try to explain what I know, again it's not much.
The imps I've created aren't technically correct according to the series. But I'm positive that Hiei has imps in his service. During the episode where Yusuke and Hiei first battle, the little demonish thing on our happy little youkai's shoulder is what I see as an Imp. The imps basicly do Hiei's bidding. And that's all I know. Enjoy the fic, tell me if you know more.
Chapter 10
High-Tailing It
"Ah-che!"
One amber eye cracked open at the strange sound. It had been very quiet, but very sudden as well.
"Ah-che!"
There is was again!
Kurama blinked sleepily as he regarded his surroundings. For the time that he was at the Youko convention, he had been given a small den to sleep in. Strange enough, the only other thing in the den that would make any noise at all was Hiei... and the small child, as far as Kurama knew, had been drawing up plans for his new Imp workers after nearly an hour of playing in the rain.
He hadn't seen much, but the drawings had a lot of red in them.
"Ah-che!"
What in the world was that noise? Finally, Kurama's eyes landed on Hiei's slumped over form. Oh, it was only Hiei sneezing. HOW CUTE!!! Kurama crawled over to his baby's side and waited patiently for another of those oh-so-cute sounds. Ears perked, tail wagging, eyes wide and hopeful.
"Ah... ah..." Hiei seemed to give up on his most recent sneeze for a snore and a shiver. Kurama sighed and turned away, ears drooping.
"AH-CHE!" Strange, Hiei's hair seemed to poof up a little with each sneeze.
With a little 'aw', Kurama smiled happily and removed the tiny body from the cold stone floor. The happy smile turned into a horrified grimace when Kurama realized just *why* Hiei was sneezing. Placing the back of his hand against Hiei's forehead, he winced, trying to ignore the pain and smell of burning flesh. Poor Hiei! His little baby had a cold!
Hiei woke when his little body was practically flung from the ground. Body convulsing with shivers and sneezes, the little Youkai really don't do anything in protest except...
"Ah-che!" WEE! His hair poofed again!
"AWWW!!!"
...be as cute and pathetic as possible. And then it was into the make-shift tub for the little demon. Hiei was almost too busy sneezing to actually notice the sudden decrease in his temperature. Sneezes on hold, the baby settled for shivering violently instead. "Don't fidget baby, Mama will make you all better!"
Hiei didn't cease in his attempts to be removed from the large leaf full of water. If anything, his actions became more adamant as his shivers began to combine with even more of those adorable sneezes. Now, it was obvious that if Hiei were honestly awake for this, and in his right mind - he would have raised his Youki to heat the water... fortunately for Kurama, he wasn't.
"Ah-che!" Poof! "Ah-che!" Poof! "Ah-che!" Poof!
"AW..! Really, Hiei - stop fighting! If you keep sneezing like that I'll be paralyzed with cuteness! Besides I'm not quite sure how much more your hair can tolerate at this rate."
"Ah-che!" POOF!
Finally, Kurama decided that Hiei's temperature was as stable as he could get it and removed the small form from the water. Wrapping his precious bundle in a blanket, Kurama brought the child to his own bed and tucked them both under a mountain of warmth. He decided that sleep was the best answer for Hiei's condition.
The fact that the Youko himself was almost falling over from exhaustion had nothing to do with that decision.
Nothing at all.
Sleep fell easily over the two, and they both managed to wake just as the sun began to rise. Kurama, already dreading the meetings he would be forced to attend during that day decided that taking Hiei home would be the best cure for the baby. Packing up Hiei's red drawings, blankets, and stuffed animals, he made sure everything was safety packed away. But still, he was sure he was forgetting something...
"Ah-che!"
Oh yeah, Hiei.
Leaving the cave, he didn't expect to find two rather young looking Youko's standing outside his den.
"The elders heard commotion here last night and we were sent to investigate." The taller said pompously, tossing back his brown hair. The smaller just stared at Hiei adoringly.
"Hiei is sick, so I'm taking him home." Kurama said just as pompously. With a little luck, a short blast of wind would toss his hair and allow his tunic to billow dramatically.
Woosh!
Ah good, luck was on his side this morning.
"You're not allowed to leave." The Youko said, this time enviously. Really, why did Kurama get the wind blast? "Under the laws of Inari, all Fox Spirits must attend at least three days of socializing also known as Torture By Gossip. You have only been here... um... four days."
Kurama lifted an eyebrow elegantly just as another gust of wind approached and ruffled his hair back once more.
"So... by order of the elders... you must - stay?" Darn him and his wind blasts!
"Ah-che!" Hiei made his argument known from the confides of his blanket prison.
"Aw!" The three Youko's coursed. Shaking themselves of the fire demon's cuteness spell, the returned to the topic on hand.
"Say," the smaller Youko said suddenly, peering carefully at Hiei. "Didn't his hair lay flat before? Why is it all spiky now?" It didn't really matter, but it sure did make Hiei look a lot cuter. With spiky black hair, tinted blue in the right light, and a little white starburst in the front. No demon could retaliate against the baby now. He was invincible!
"Every time he sneezes, his hair spikes." Kurama said adoringly.
"Ah-che!"
"AW!"
"Anyway, I'm leaving." Kurama reiterated. Still lost in the cuteness, the two Youko's could do nothing as Kurama walked away and out of the Youko's territory. Although, they did have a good laugh when they saw that a very large line of imps were following. It seemed that each imp was carrying a large backpack.
Some were riding on small beasts. A few were crying as they left the territory for their lifetime of serving Hiei. Darn the toddler for being so intimidatingly cute!
Kurama himself decided that if Imps felt like following him home that was fine. Once at his territory he would set up some sort of system so that the imps would only show up when needed, rather then follow his baby around like a bunch of lost rabbits.
Hm... speaking of rabbits... Kurama was hungry. Lunch time!
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Kurama: you're hair poofs like that because you got sick when you were little?
Hiei: ... I though it was naturally spikey!
Kurama: Well, we all learn something new everyday I guess...
Hiei: *sighs*
Next time: The angst appears, ambushed!
Reviews = motivation. The more motivation, the faster the update. Review!
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AN Right, so that I've posted my mid-story iterlude, I can get back to the main story idea. That being this chapter. Anyway, I know it's short but I had this poster I had to create about some religious holiday I had never before heard of. Ironic, ne? How it's ironic, I have absolutely no idea, but I'm sure it is somehow. Right, because of all the questions about the imps, I'll try to explain what I know, again it's not much.
The imps I've created aren't technically correct according to the series. But I'm positive that Hiei has imps in his service. During the episode where Yusuke and Hiei first battle, the little demonish thing on our happy little youkai's shoulder is what I see as an Imp. The imps basicly do Hiei's bidding. And that's all I know. Enjoy the fic, tell me if you know more.
Chapter 10
High-Tailing It
"Ah-che!"
One amber eye cracked open at the strange sound. It had been very quiet, but very sudden as well.
"Ah-che!"
There is was again!
Kurama blinked sleepily as he regarded his surroundings. For the time that he was at the Youko convention, he had been given a small den to sleep in. Strange enough, the only other thing in the den that would make any noise at all was Hiei... and the small child, as far as Kurama knew, had been drawing up plans for his new Imp workers after nearly an hour of playing in the rain.
He hadn't seen much, but the drawings had a lot of red in them.
"Ah-che!"
What in the world was that noise? Finally, Kurama's eyes landed on Hiei's slumped over form. Oh, it was only Hiei sneezing. HOW CUTE!!! Kurama crawled over to his baby's side and waited patiently for another of those oh-so-cute sounds. Ears perked, tail wagging, eyes wide and hopeful.
"Ah... ah..." Hiei seemed to give up on his most recent sneeze for a snore and a shiver. Kurama sighed and turned away, ears drooping.
"AH-CHE!" Strange, Hiei's hair seemed to poof up a little with each sneeze.
With a little 'aw', Kurama smiled happily and removed the tiny body from the cold stone floor. The happy smile turned into a horrified grimace when Kurama realized just *why* Hiei was sneezing. Placing the back of his hand against Hiei's forehead, he winced, trying to ignore the pain and smell of burning flesh. Poor Hiei! His little baby had a cold!
Hiei woke when his little body was practically flung from the ground. Body convulsing with shivers and sneezes, the little Youkai really don't do anything in protest except...
"Ah-che!" WEE! His hair poofed again!
"AWWW!!!"
...be as cute and pathetic as possible. And then it was into the make-shift tub for the little demon. Hiei was almost too busy sneezing to actually notice the sudden decrease in his temperature. Sneezes on hold, the baby settled for shivering violently instead. "Don't fidget baby, Mama will make you all better!"
Hiei didn't cease in his attempts to be removed from the large leaf full of water. If anything, his actions became more adamant as his shivers began to combine with even more of those adorable sneezes. Now, it was obvious that if Hiei were honestly awake for this, and in his right mind - he would have raised his Youki to heat the water... fortunately for Kurama, he wasn't.
"Ah-che!" Poof! "Ah-che!" Poof! "Ah-che!" Poof!
"AW..! Really, Hiei - stop fighting! If you keep sneezing like that I'll be paralyzed with cuteness! Besides I'm not quite sure how much more your hair can tolerate at this rate."
"Ah-che!" POOF!
Finally, Kurama decided that Hiei's temperature was as stable as he could get it and removed the small form from the water. Wrapping his precious bundle in a blanket, Kurama brought the child to his own bed and tucked them both under a mountain of warmth. He decided that sleep was the best answer for Hiei's condition.
The fact that the Youko himself was almost falling over from exhaustion had nothing to do with that decision.
Nothing at all.
Sleep fell easily over the two, and they both managed to wake just as the sun began to rise. Kurama, already dreading the meetings he would be forced to attend during that day decided that taking Hiei home would be the best cure for the baby. Packing up Hiei's red drawings, blankets, and stuffed animals, he made sure everything was safety packed away. But still, he was sure he was forgetting something...
"Ah-che!"
Oh yeah, Hiei.
Leaving the cave, he didn't expect to find two rather young looking Youko's standing outside his den.
"The elders heard commotion here last night and we were sent to investigate." The taller said pompously, tossing back his brown hair. The smaller just stared at Hiei adoringly.
"Hiei is sick, so I'm taking him home." Kurama said just as pompously. With a little luck, a short blast of wind would toss his hair and allow his tunic to billow dramatically.
Woosh!
Ah good, luck was on his side this morning.
"You're not allowed to leave." The Youko said, this time enviously. Really, why did Kurama get the wind blast? "Under the laws of Inari, all Fox Spirits must attend at least three days of socializing also known as Torture By Gossip. You have only been here... um... four days."
Kurama lifted an eyebrow elegantly just as another gust of wind approached and ruffled his hair back once more.
"So... by order of the elders... you must - stay?" Darn him and his wind blasts!
"Ah-che!" Hiei made his argument known from the confides of his blanket prison.
"Aw!" The three Youko's coursed. Shaking themselves of the fire demon's cuteness spell, the returned to the topic on hand.
"Say," the smaller Youko said suddenly, peering carefully at Hiei. "Didn't his hair lay flat before? Why is it all spiky now?" It didn't really matter, but it sure did make Hiei look a lot cuter. With spiky black hair, tinted blue in the right light, and a little white starburst in the front. No demon could retaliate against the baby now. He was invincible!
"Every time he sneezes, his hair spikes." Kurama said adoringly.
"Ah-che!"
"AW!"
"Anyway, I'm leaving." Kurama reiterated. Still lost in the cuteness, the two Youko's could do nothing as Kurama walked away and out of the Youko's territory. Although, they did have a good laugh when they saw that a very large line of imps were following. It seemed that each imp was carrying a large backpack.
Some were riding on small beasts. A few were crying as they left the territory for their lifetime of serving Hiei. Darn the toddler for being so intimidatingly cute!
Kurama himself decided that if Imps felt like following him home that was fine. Once at his territory he would set up some sort of system so that the imps would only show up when needed, rather then follow his baby around like a bunch of lost rabbits.
Hm... speaking of rabbits... Kurama was hungry. Lunch time!
===================================
Kurama: you're hair poofs like that because you got sick when you were little?
Hiei: ... I though it was naturally spikey!
Kurama: Well, we all learn something new everyday I guess...
Hiei: *sighs*
Next time: The angst appears, ambushed!
Reviews = motivation. The more motivation, the faster the update. Review!
.