Kikira-san: I was going to do the next chapter but its time for a bit of a side story.

Hiei: why?

Kikira-san: because the next chapter is progressing very slowly.

Kurama: you should just write it

Kikira-san: you know nothing of inspiration Kurama

Hiei: neither do u

Kikira-san: a good point, to the story! But first Hiei the disclaimer!

Hiei: Kikira-san doesn't own YYH or anything related to it or a brain

Kikira-san: that was unnecessarily offensive

Hiei: so?

Kikira-san: no point, to the story!

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A/n: this time Kurama sort of suffers I know I said no suffering this chapter but it was an accident! Besides it's a sort of suffering.

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Kurama sighed and kicked at the itchy covers enveloping his legs while looking at the pale white walls for the second day of his "imprisonment." Poor Kurama-chan. He was stuck in the hospital and not because of his mother. He had to get his tonsils out. (A/n I know nothing about this operation. I just had a story idea so bear with me.) He sniffled slightly. Stupid hospitals smelled like medication and it was too clean. Kurama had always liked being clean but not completely spotless. Sighing he turned in his bed to face the window. He had his operation tonight and he wasn't exactly looking forward to it. He trusted ningiens in general but what if they found something out while operating.

The kitsune pulled the pillow over his head in hopes that he could suppress all the negative thoughts. It wasn't working of course. Yawning irritably he changed into some different clothes. He couldn't wear normal clothes but he made do in sweats. Shori (sp?) was coming for a brief lunch before she had to go back to work and the others had a mission. So he was abandoned to the lonely hospital room himself. Luckily he had the room to himself which was also boring.

Kurama picked up one of his thick novels and opened it to his bookmark. He might as well read. Tick, tick, tick, the clock on the wall was just wearing on Kurama's nerve. Tick. /Must not kill clock/ tick, tick /I will not kill the clock/ tick "ARGH!" Kurama yelled and jumped up on his bed, grabbed the clock, and chucked it through the open window. Kurama stood on his bed for a minute realizing that he had just thrown the clock out a twelve-story building. "Oops," Kurama intoned stupidly.

Two hours later Kurama threw his book out the window too. "Stupid book. Stupid hospitals. Sooooooooooooooo bored!" he muttered to himself. /Great now I am talking to myself/ he thought throwing himself down on the bed. There was nothing on t.v. and the game systems were broken. Kurama held his head in undeniable distress. He was going to go insane at this rate. It had been quite funny when he told Koenma he couldn't go on missions because he was going to the hospital.

~~~~Flashback!!!~~~~

"Alright you four will be heading into the Makai to obtain the ancient mirror it will be here. We don't know much about the guards or temple . . . " Koenma said.

"Like that's new," Yusuke interrupted and the rest of us nodded in agreement.

"Like I was saying. It should be a very easy job it is more of a thief's territory so Kurama will be in charge," Koenma said.

"Sorry but I won't be joining you," Kurama said. Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Koenma looked shocked and puzzled. Hiei merely waited for a reason. Hiei seemed to know exactly what was going on. He knew Kurama well enough to know there was a reason.

"Why not?" Koenma demanded, banging his fist on his desk. He didn't even have enough force to overset the ink jar. Kurama swore he saw Hiei suppress a snicker.

"I have to get my tonsils out!" Kurama said with fake enthusiasm. Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Koenma fell over. Hiei however looked curious.

"Can't this wait? This mission could use your expertises!" Koenma said.

"Sorry my Kassan already set it up. I can't get out of it. Besides they can do it without me," Kurama said. He knew he was the best thief ever (A/N modest aren't we?) But Hiei was very good too. He is very stealthy when he wants to be. Kurama didn't know if he could keep Yusuke and Kuwabara in line though. /Maybe he should just go, himself/ Kurama thought, letting his thoughts wonder.

"Damn well I guess you are right. You're excused," Koenma said. /Thanks so much Koenma/ Kurama thought wryly. He left while Koenma talked to the others.

*Good luck Fox* Kurama heard inside his head.

*The same to you* he responded

*I think I'll probably need it more than you will* he said back Kurama could almost see his face with that exasperated sweatdrop.

~~~~End Flashback!!!~~~~

Kurama laughed at that. Then he realized he was laughing to himself too. Probably losing his mind. Poor Kurama. While he was laughing to himself looking at the ceiling, a nurse came in.

She was dressed in a white nurse outfit complete with the little hat. She was tall, skinny, and pretty in that I don't have a brain sort of way. Her eyes were blue that kept changing shades and her hair was blonde. She wasn't too much older than Kurama either. (A/N can you tell where this is leading?) She wore so much make-up that it was hard to tell if she was human though.

"Hello! I am Candy!" the nurse now identified as Candy said completely ignoring Kurama laughing insanely at the ceiling.

"Oh gomen. Konichiwa," Kurama said politely. (A/N woop I used Japanese correctly I think!)

"So you are here for your tonsils out? Poor baby!" she said glomping Kurama instantly. Kurama whose throat was already hurting almost chocked to death. She sat back wiping at her eyes and miraculously she managed not to smear her make-up. "Well I'll just keep you company for a while ok? Your mother said she was coming for lunch but until then I can stay and we can do whatever you want okay?" she said smiling at him like he was two. Oh yeah it was going to be a looooooooong day for Kurama.

"Do you know how to play chess?" Kurama asked deciding to make the best of the unwelcome visitor.

"I can learn!" Candy said making herself comfortable on the side of the bed. Of course she couldn't learn! But poor Kurama he believed her anyway.

About two hours later they were still sitting there. Kurama was still trying to teach her how to play chess.

"Look, it isn't that difficult just move a pawn!" Kurama was practically shouting.

"Ok!" she said moving her hand over the board she picked up a piece and moved it.

"THAT ISN'T A PAWN!" Kurama tried to shout, but failed to due to his sore throat.

"Oh which one is a pawn again?" Candy asked sweatdropping. Kurama fell of the side of the bed. "Oh my, are you all right?!?!" she asked peering over the side of the bed.

"I'm fine," Kurama responded wearily getting on the bed. "I think I need some sleep though." Kurama prayed to any listening Gods that this got her to go away.

"Ok you go ahead and I'll clean up a bit," Candy said walking around and making lots of noise. Kurama just laid on the bed and looked annoyed. This went on for about an hour until Shori showed up for lunch.

"Kassan!" Kurama said leaping up and hugging her the minute she entered the room. The nurse had really started to scare him by then. She was telling him about her childhood, and well *everything*. Kurama never wanted to hear about anyone else's life. No one, not one single person. He hugged onto his Kassan protectively and glared at Candy who didn't notice.

"Hello Shuuchi it is nice to see you to," Shori(sp?) said petting his hair with one hand the other held a paper bag. "You shouldn't be up though go lay down," she chided.

"I'll leave you two alone, call me if you need me," Candy chirped and Kurama cringed resisting the urge to cover his ears.

"It is so nice to know that you are making friends here Shuuchi!" Shori said quietly. Kurama sat very still and nodded trying to control his maniacal evil laughter. It was very hard. All he really wanted to do was chase Candy down the hallway with something potentially lethal. Like a knife a shiny knife! Oohh shiny knife. Kurama was trailing off into lala land while his mother moved him back to the bed and dug out the lunch she had brought

After lunch and talking, Shori left and Kurama cowered away from Candy. First he locked the door but she had the master key. Then he barred the door but she had some guys take it down. So Kurama gave up and decided she was going to bug him to death. He sniffled and hid his head under the covers while she started talking about how much needed a good boyfriend like him but of course she wouldn't ever suggest going with a patient but then again he wouldn't be a patient much longer *wink wink* and so on and hint forth until Kurama was about to fall asleep from listening to her voice too much. She was talking about something else stupid like which color eyeshadow looked best on her when the most welcome voice in the world interrupted her.

"Could you shut up? We are here to see Kurama," said a short dark fire youki. Kurama's head shot out from under the covers to see Hiei leading Yusuke and Kuwabara.

"I am afraid you have the wrong room. This is Shuuchi Minamo(sp?) and are you rude little boys lost?" she asked sweetly.

"He meant Shuuchi Ma'am, and no we are not lost," Yusuke said punching Hiei in the shoulder. Which promptly got him a fist in the stomach. "Ahhh Hiei cut it out that hurt!" Yusuke said but anyone could tell Hiei hadn't punched him hard.

"Well Shuu-chan needs his rest. So you all come back later, okay?" she said sweetly Kurama cringed at the pet name. Kuwabara was trying to look suave, Yusuke was about to ask why she was so stupid, and Hiei just looked pissed.

"Look, you freakish excuse for an onna(A/N is that right? ::is sooo bad at this!::) we came here to see Kurama so we are going to see Kurama unless you want a dragon eating you alive I suggest you go away!" Hiei hissed at her.

"What a rude little boy! Where are your parents? I want to have a word with them!" she said standing up and glaring at Hiei who glared back.

"They are downstairs in the lobby. They are sitting in the last row of chairs," Hiei said trying to look sullen and contain his laughter. Yusuke suddenly snickered into his hand turning it into a cough and Kuwabara was sit trying to look suave.

"Well you stay right here and I am going to have a talk with them about your behavior," she said, exiting the door. The minute she was out Kurama jumped out of bed.

"Finally! I thought she'd never go away! Wait, who is sitting in the last row of seats in the lobby?" Kurama asked curiously and Yusuke entered full-blown laughter. Hiei merely "hn"-ed.

"It is hahaha a couple of haha hobos," Yusuke managed between laughs. Kurama bit his lower lip in an effort not to laugh. He failed however and chuckled along with Yusuke.

The four of them sat around the room. Kurama sat on the bed. Yusuke and Kuwabara took the chairs and Hiei the windowsill.

"So how did the mission go?" Kurama asked curiously.

"Well we wouldn't know now would we shrimp?" Kuwabara said aggravatedly.

"Hiei did a solo job let us kill the guards then kicked us out of the temple," Yusuke filled in shooting Hiei a half angry half understanding glare.

"Hn," Hiei said quietly.

"Ahh I see," Kurama said and resolved to ask Hiei later.

"How long do you think we have before the nurse lady freak thing realizes that those aren't Hiei's parents?" Yusuke asked.

"My guess is she won't come back she probably forgot what room we are in," Hiei commented dully. The others smiled.

"I wish. Scary lady, it took me forever to try and teach her chess. Two hours. I didn't even take Yusuke and Kuwabara that long to learn the game!" Kurama said then seeing the glares sent his way. "No offense," he added.

"Yea well fox boy, bring it on! I am feeling lucky!" Yusuke said going and sitting on the bed next to Kurama who pulled out the board. He was more than ready for a real game.

"Hn," Hiei commented from the window.

"You want some to three-eyes?" Yusuke said.

"I'll play winner," Hiei said briefly. Kuwabara moved closer and cheered on Kurama. They had a bet going, Kuwabara said that no one could beat Kurama and Yusuke disagreed. Of course they had never seen Hiei and Kurama play that usually resulted in a tie or Kurama winning sometimes Hiei. It really was a good match.

"Checkmate," Kurama said after about ten minutes.

"Awww man how many times is that you have beat me now?" Yusuke asked sarcastically.

"It was a good game," Kurama said while Hiei took over Yusuke's spot. Hiei sat there and waited while Kurama set the board back up and Yusuke and Kuwabara watched. "And no using the Jagan Hiei," Kurama added.

"I have not ever used the Jagan to cheat you in this game," Hiei said indigently. Kurama smiled.

"So you have cheated me at other games?" Kurama asked.

"Hell if I remember," Hiei lied. And so the game began. Yusuke cheered on Hiei while Kuwabara cheered on Kurama. About twenty minutes later, the game resulted once again in a tie.

"Damn you guys are good at that game," Yusuke said as he saw the strategies that the two had made.

"Well that was fun!" Kurama said cheerfully, glad the others were here.

"I wonder whatever happened to the pretty nurse lady?" Kuwabara asked out of the blue.

"AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!" came the call from the hallway. All four of them collapsed with hands over their ears.

"You just had to jinx it didn't you baka no baka!" Hiei yelled over the screeching.

"WHAT?" Kuwabara yelled back. Hiei sighed and gave up. They all had identical looks of hate and terror when the nurse stomped around the corner. Her face was so red it matched her lipstick.

"You...you...you!" she stuttered pointing at Hiei.

"Demon?" Hiei suggested helpfully.

"YOU DEMON!" she yelled and they all pretty much lost it at that collapsing into a fit of chuckles. Which unfortunately made the nurse even angrier. "WILL, GEORGE!" she called and two burly looking guys came into the doorway. Sensing danger, the four sat up immediately and Hiei growled while reaching for his katana.

"You can't hurt ningiens!" Kurama said hastily not knowing how to explain to the hospital if there were a severely maimed nurse and two helpers.

"Grab them and take them to the police station they are lost and distressing my patient!" she said practically hopping mad.

"Well it was nice seeing you, Kurama!" Yusuke said as the three of them ducked past the guards and ran into the hall. The guards shot after them with Candy right behind them. Kurama jumped up and went to the doorway to see what happened.

Candy and her two henchmen (A/N as they will now be refereed to as) were chasing Hiei, Yusuke, and Kuwabara done the hallway in that order. They, however, hit a dead end. Yusuke ran into some old lady's room. Hiei jumped on top of a medicine cabinet and Kuwabara turned around and ran back down the other way right between them. He barely managed not to get caught.

"Get down here shorty!" one of the henchmen was yelling at Hiei who flipped him off and jumped over his head and scurried down the hallway. Yusuke was suddenly thrown out of the room and joined Hiei and Kuwabara in running down the other way down the hallway.

The three turned the corner and Kurama heard a loud crash. The henchmen and Candy heard it too, figuring this was their chance they chased after them. They were about to round the corner when most of team Urmeshi(sp?) crashed right through them but this time with a wheelchair and an old man hobbling after them. Yusuke was sitting in said wheelchair pushing himself along with the occasional help by Hiei or Kuwabara. Kurama moved back and watched the three of them, laughing hysterically.

The three of them crashed at the end of the hallway again and passed by this time with Kuwabara sprawled in the wheelchair and Hiei pushing it with a smug "you are an idiot" look on his face. The nurse chased behind them. Her henchmen were on the other side of the hallway. This time the three of them stopped in front of Kurama's door. Hiei was in the wheelchair this time.

"We are surrounded!" Yusuke said miserably. Hiei was doing tricks in the wheelchair and didn't care. He looked like he wasn't paying attention. He was up on one wheel while Kuwabara was drooling and Yusuke was powering up . . . just in case.

"Ningiens are weird," Hiei said as one of the henchmen came up to him and he slammed the wheelchair into his legs causing him to trip. "Move bakas!" he said and led the way to the elevator. Kurama went into the hallway to wave. They waved through the closing door.

"See ya later Kurama!" Yusuke called and Hiei gave a brief nod. Kuwabara was still drooling. The door closed and the henchmen and nurse were fuming. She yelled at them for ten minutes then told Kurama to get back in bed which he did being scared of her at the moment.

He was settled back in and forced to eat a very lousy dinner under the careful eye of the nurse Candy who kept watch out for "those horrible little children." Privately Kurama hoped they would come back. He was about to go into surgery and didn't look forward to it. When they did come to take Kurama away, Candy was still there.

"Don't worry honey," she said, patting his arm, "I'll be right there the entire time." She mistook Kurama's whimper of fear for a purr of happiness. "That's right Nurse Candy will be there for you!" she said happily. /I wish Hiei was here for me!/ Kurama though dejectedly but he knew that Hiei couldn't risk being too public. Otherwise, people would ask questions. Then Kurama was knocked out.

When he woke up, he closed his eyes and prayed that nurse Candy wasn't still there. So when he saw a small dark silhouette he freaked and let out a hoarse sigh. When said silhouette sat up and rubbed its eyes and muttered, "Krama?" he let out a breath of relief.

"Hiei is that you?" he asked sitting up. His voice sounded really badly harsh. Hiei got up from the chair and sat on the foot of the bed.

"Yeah I came after they brought you back, but you were still asleep so I just sat over there," Hiei said.

"Thanks for coming," Kurama said reaching out to hug the demon in thanks but there was a tray in his way (a/n rhyme not intentional!) "What's this?" he asked as he felt around for a light switch.

"Sweet snow the nurse brought it a minute ago I hid under the bed," Hiei said wincing as the light came on.

"You didn't eat it?" Kurama said astounded Hiei normally would have attacked in sweet snow in the area no matter what. For him to not touch a bowl of sweet snow just sitting there was odd. Kurama reached over and put a hand on the Jaganshi's forehead.

"Well it was yours and you need it because your voice really does sound awful, Fox," Hiei said looking up at Kurama's hand on his forehead but he was being OOC-ly nice and made no comment about it.

"Awww you didn't eat my sweet snow because you were worried about me?" Kurama asked moving the tray and pulling Hiei into a hug.

"Hn," Hiei said blushing just the tiniest bit.

"Come on you can have some too," Kurama said, handing the spoon to Hiei who ate half the bowl in a quarter second and got a brain freeze. Being in extreme pain, he pushed it back at Kurama who ate the other half more slowly. The ice cream was finished and the tray pushed out of the way. "Well I am going to sleep," Kurama declared still a bit hoarse. Hiei nodded and moved to get up but Kurama pulled him down next to him.

"Kurama let go!" Hiei said wiggling around but Kurama closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. "Baka kitsune I know you aren't asleep! Let me go! I am not a stuffed animal!" he practically yelled. Kurama yawned and looked at him.

"You'd better stop yelling or nurse Candy will come back and find you," Kurama threatened lightly. Hiei's mouth snapped shut and he glared at Kurama hard enough to peel paint. (A/N I am obsessed with that saying) Kurama smiled and snuggled against the little youki.

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A/N: ohh yea I have done better and sorry about all the author's notes. Sorry the other story chapter should be up soon! Ja! R&R

Hiei: you suck!

Kikira-san: you don't have to rub it in!

Hiei: FLAME HER!

Kikira-san:::sniffle:: you're so mean.

Kurama: it was bad though

Kikira-san::::cries::

Hiei: hn

Kurama:::sigh:: and you can't spell my Kassan's name or my ningien last name or Yusuke's

Kikira-san: you guys are so abusive I am going to sell you on E-bay! (A/N I don't own E-bay either!!)

Hiei: try it I dare you! ::has katana::

Kikira-san:: eep gomen readers the normal chapter sequence should be up as soon as I can get it done. R&R!!!

Hiei: flame her good!!