Disclaimer: Hah! I actually finally own something of Yu Yu Hakusho quality! *holds out a "Shonen Jump" magazine* Look! Look! It has YYH inside! :D It's all mine! MINE!

Seriously, I don't own YYH or anything related to YYH. I also do not own any pancakes that I cannot cook. I only own this fanfic, and the ideas I came up with inside of it. I also own this picture of Hiei and Kurama on my wall, and Kurama is trying to feed Hiei a spoonful of ice-cream that absolutely will *not* fit. But that's just a random Pixie fact.

For a short notice: I wrote this on 07/10/03. Yes! I made you wait a whole day! XD I can do that because I'm the author! mwahahahahahahaha!

Warning: Contains Shonen Ai and WAFF (warm and fuzzy feeling). If you do not like either of the two, then for gosh sakes, I do not know why you even got to chapter 9 of this story. Good luck with that!

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When Dealing With Spirits By Pixie Ayanami

Chapter 9: Secret Messes

The Yukina imposter sat on the edge of the fountain where she first met Hiei. She has been crying ever since she got there earlier that evening. She was scared that Hiei would never forgive her for what she did to Kurama. It was almost inevitable. How could she ever face him again after what she just did?

'Kurama would probably forgive you,' her mind thought, knowing how nice a person Kurama was. But she shook her head.

"Kurama has gone through way too much," she told herself, "and even if he did, it wouldn't matter. Hiei wouldn't forgive me." She cried harder, hardly noticing the black shadow that appeared over her.

"I see that you failed," Karasu said in a sarcastic tone. Yukina looked up with such anger and resentment that it almost caught him off guard.

"It's all your fault!" she blamed, "Because of you, Hiei probably hates me. ..."

"More likely yours for keeping that big thing in here," he retorted, "It's obvious that you fancy Hiei more than Kurama. So why don't we try to work together?"

Glaring her hatred she shouted, "No! We just tried that and it didn't work! I never want to have any association with you ever again!"

"Temper, temper," he replied. She wanted to hit him but she knew that she'd be most powerless against him. "Wouldn't it be worth it if you could have the one you love?"

"Not if the one I love doesn't love me back," she responded coldly. "You can go ahead and let loose that thing. I don't care, as long as it means never to see you again."

"Oh? Are you quite sure of that?" he asked. She nodded. "Well then, perhaps I'll go right now and-"

"Oh, I wouldn't think you would," she said, smirking a bit. He stared at her.

"And why wouldn't I?"

She smiled more, despite herself or the situation, "Imagine if it got Kurama while he slept and killed your fragile beauty?" she metaphorically asked, "Then he'd die but not at your hand. So it would mean that all of it was a waste."

Karasu glared at her for a while. She stared at the wall, pretending not to care. Finally, he sighed in defeat. "Fine," he muttered, "But I'll just kill him in time, anyway. And Hiei probably won't have any respect for you. So why would you bother?"

"Because I love him!" she replied quite passionately, "I told you that! You don't understand anything!" It was as if a father and daughter were fighting over a boyfriend. The father didn't care about the matter, and tried to press on that there was no need. Meanwhile the daughter fought her hardest to defend the poor misunderstood boy. Except it was an actual odd demon talk of life or death. How ironic.

"Do what you want, think what you want, talk what you want, but I'm leaving. You are an utterly stupid girl who can't understand a thing," Karasu stated, turning his back to leave.

"And you are a mean and selfish man who's to closed up to listen!" she retorted. He ignored that last comment and walked on.

Yukina felt dizzy of two feelings: pride and sorrow. Proud that she told off Karasu, but sad that Hiei may never think of her the same again. Then it occurred to her that she picked a fight with Karasu. Karasu, a demon who will probably seek revenge on anything in an utterly grotesque way. She shuddered with the thought.

With her head bent low, she scolded herself again. 'You're an idiot for even listening to him.' And Yukina actually agreed with this thought.

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Kurama woke up to the gentle rising and setting motions of Hiei's chest. He laid there, lightly dozing off while feeling the warm feeling he received and emitted. Then he shot up remember the events the night before. The startling movements woke up Hiei, who groggily sat up, excessively rubbing his eyes. He looked up at Kurama, who was blushing widely. Kurama didn't have the slightest clue of why he was on Hiei's chest.

As if able to read his thoughts, Hiei answered, "You used up all your energy last night, and accidentally fell asleep on me."

Kurama stared wide eyed in shock at him. "Why didn't you wake me up?"

Hiei blushed a little and looked to the ground innocently, "You've been through so much, I didn't want to wake you." Why was he blushing?

Kurama stared out at the early spring sunlight and smiled. "Thanks," he said, "That was the best night's sleep I've ever had."

Hiei blushed a bit deeper as he got up to go downstairs. He looked back at the fox demon. "Are you sure you're alright?" The fox looked up and smiled at him.

"Of course," he said calmly. His kindness wore off on Hiei, who gave a small smiled in return. When he left, Kurama leaned against the wall, hoping that he might be getting inside that head of Hiei's.

As for Hiei, he walked off pondering what just happened. 'Why the hell was I blushing?!' he wondered to himself. 'I have no feelings towards Kurama except for ones of friendship. No matter how many times that voice tells me otherwise-' then he realized that the voice had not appeared in his thoughts since last morning. Must come only when he drinks that coffee stuff. He decided to steer clear of that drink.

Hiei paused in the kitchen. He really didn't know how to cook, and really didn't want to trouble Kurama. So what was left for him to do? Make it himself. He saw Kurama make pancakes before, and if his memory serves him right, he likes them. He also remembered that Kurama got it out of a box. So he went over to the cupboard and looked for the pancake box. He found it, and dumped all of its contents in a bowl. But no pancakes came out: only a large amount of powder.

"Hm. that's not right.," he said, scanning the box for the problem. He came across the label that said 'instructions.' Soon after reading them, he discovered that he put to much powder. Now all he needed was water. Using his brilliant logic, he deducted that because he took a lot of powder, he needed a lot of water. Picking up the large bowl full of pancake mix, he walked over to the sink, turned on the water and put the bowl under it. Hiei watched as the bowl quickly filled to the top of water. Once filled, he took it back to the counter and began mixing. Unfortunately for him, it did not mix well, and even though he used the water the best he could, there was still quite a lot of pancake mix left dry. So he went back over to the sink to put more water in it.

Hiei recalled an egg beater that Kurama used once. He remembered that it was electric, and in order to make it work, he had to set it in the electrical socket. Hiei stumbled through the draws, looking for the right cooking tool. Finally he found it, and plugged it in the nearest socket. He looked at the settings: high, medium, low. It didn't quite make sense to him. But he decided that because he wanted this done fast, he should set it on high. The loud noise startled him a second, but didn't effect him much. Hiei lowered the machine into the bowl, and-

Splash! Splat! Sploosh! The mix flew everywhere. On the counter, floor, cabinets, stove: it didn't matter where, just if it was nearby. He instantly pulled it out of the bowl, the mix that was still left on the machine flying other places now. It was bad enough the kitchen was dirty, but so was Hiei. As he pressed the 'Off' button, Kurama made his way to the doorway to see what destruction Hiei had created in only about five minutes.

"This is not how Kurama did it," he said frustrated. Kurama laughed and shook his head. Hiei spun around embarrassed. Pancake batter covered him all over the place. He showed a very embarrassed, disappointed, yet innocent face. It made Kurama's heart melt.

"You could have just asked me," Kurama teased.

"I just thought that I could do it, and not have to bother you," Hiei replied. The look Kurama was giving him made him feel odd. Kurama walked over to the pancake box, finding no more mix left in it.

"Um. did you use all the mix?" Kurama asked while peering into the box. Hiei nodded his head innocently. Kurama smiled, "I'll get out the other box once we're cleaned up, and teach you how to make pancakes."

"Sorry," Hiei apologized with a smile.

"Yow know, you're so-"

"Cute? Yeah, you told me," Hiei interrupted, blushing again. Kurama wiped some mix of his nose.

"It's true!" he said cheerily. Hiei glowered, but Kurama could tell that he liked this kind of affection.

They started cleaning up. Kurama looked over continuously at Hiei, who once again lost his patience and asked, "What's wrong?" quite in an annoyed tone.

"I just wanted to thank you again for last night," Kurama said. Hiei shrugged.

"Some one was harming you in an inappropriate way," he replied, "I wasn't just gonna stand there and let him have fun." He just realized that he must have sounded very stupid, and very jealous. But Kurama would know that he wasn't jealous. So he pushed that thought out of his mind. The stupid part lingered. "Um. I must sound stupid."

"No you don't," Kurama defended, "You made sense."

"Really?" he asked, doubtfully. Kurama nodded his head.

"Yup. Really," he responded. Hiei was grateful to have such an optimistic friend.

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The morning commenced with them making and eating their breakfast together. Then they started making plans to continue with their missions and excavate the grounds for that odd black ki. They had all day for this, because it was a holiday for the school, and classes were cancelled.

Making their way through the paths and such, the followed their senses towards the ever stronger energy source. It went on like this for a couple hours. In fact sometimes they had to find a new route once they noticed that the one they were one started to lead them the wrong way.

"I never noticed how many buildings this university has," Kurama stated as they trudged on. Hiei gave it little thought.

"Maybe it's designed this way to throw us off course," Hiei contemplated. Kurama stopped to ponder this more.

"What do you mean?" Kurama asked. Hiei looked back at him, glaring that he stopped.

"Oh, please! You can't honestly think this is a normal school?" he asked. Kurama took it into consideration.

"That makes sense. But all the other students make of it naturally," Kurama noted. Hiei nodded.

"Yeah, that still eludes me," he confessed, "Come on, fox, we gotta get going."

Kurama nodded. "You're right."

The two finally ventured to where they felt the energy was strongest. It was the tallest building on the campus: a stunning clock tower. Kurama and Hiei haven't really noticed this until now, either. It was strange: they thought they have been keener on their surroundings. In any case, they circle the building a few times, looking for a way to get it. But there was none. They stared at it puzzled.

"There's only one way to get in that building," a familiar voice sounded. Kurama was astonished of her being here. He still was not aware of anything that happened other than Karasu and other events that he saw. Hiei only glared.

"You-" he began, getting angry.

Yukina pulled a small, sad smile. Looking up, she announced, "I suppose you would want me to explain."

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Ha! I left you on a cliff hanger, and there's nothing you can do about it! XD Sheesh.. I'm probably just gonna give in and do another chapter really soon, I don't know why I bother.. This was actually a shorter chapter than I thought. I hope I might write more next time.. All together written the way I want it, the story is 34 pages long. Good, ne?

Ha! The Yukina imposter's secret is out! She's in love with Hiei! Oi.. What a mess this will make. *hints up towards title*

Let me tell you what my sister did to me while I was writing this chapter. I was playing soft, sad music to put me in the mood for the Karasu and Yukina scene. My sister wondered why, so she came over and put a fun happy song on. This is the result:

Karasu glared at her for a while. She stared at the wall, pretending not to care. Finally, he sighed in defeat. "Fine," he muttered, "But I'll just kill him in time, anyway. And Hiei probably won't have any respect for you. lalalalalalalalalaalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalal alalalalalalalalalaalalalaalaLAalalalalaLalalalaalalaaaaaaaaaaaalalalalalala allaLalalalaallaalalalalalalalalalLAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! So why would you bother?"

Yes. If I had not taken that out, Karasu would be singing a song in the middle of his serious statement to her. A stupid song at that. Just thought you'd know. ~_^

Alright here we go:

Mimiru: It's alright that you thought my fic was great. I was just astonished by how many greats I saw! I never seen that so many greats in one sentence that's directed to me.Thank you!

OliverWoodFan03: I'm really happy you like my fic so much! But erm. I do have other things in life besides this fic. ^^;;;; Please be patient with me, I have a lot of other things I should be doing like art trades that I haven't done on deviantart.com (yupyup! You heard right, I'm an artist! XD) But. I gave in. I wrote this practcally right after you sent me the e-mail. maybe I don't have a life..

Rin the Kitsune: XD Perhaps Hiei will kick Karasu's ass, and perhaps he won't! XD Just wait to see, you may be surprised!

Spark-gurl: Uh. I got the idea of No One's a couple months ago. I was thinking of another Yu Yu Hakusho fanfic at the time where Hiei and Kurama are framed for a crime and it happens to be the No One's fault. Of course, then they were just mindless drones, a very confused race, and had a leader to make them do this. I'm still thinking about putting this fic into action. It'd, of course, be a Hiei/Kurama fic, I just love that couple too much! ~_~ But it's cool: I have what the true forms of the No Ones all drawn out. My sis said they looked cool. or cute. I forget which one.

Thank you again for all of your comments! They encourage me a lot, and with you guys support, I'll try to write to the best of my ability! Thank you!

Please review, like I said, it makes me happy! ^^