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Rikonomi is not like Muroko, to all who asked. I thought about using Muroko though. Anyway, this is the next chappie were Kurama comes in.
Kurama fans: YAY!
Er....ok..and Kurama is only Youko Kurama when he is tempted to be him.so it is the red-head Shuuichi in this story..
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Soft, white snow. He would love to see soft, white snow. Kurama sighed deeply and looked out to the rolling green hills and forests of his homeland. He twirled a stray red hair with his finger and sighed again.
Dante playing with the young kitsunes that happen to have taken a liking to the pyro demon. Kurama blinked and looked at the blue sky.
Dante has been his friend since, forever. He wouldn't say JUST friends though..nor would he say lovers. They were friends. They wouldn't dare kiss each other or anything like that. ((A/N: the backgrounds of the characters are a little different k?))
He sighed and stood up for his stump seat. Dante had one of the kits on her shoulders when she asked, "Where ya going Kurama?" He smiles at her. "Just to the frozen lake."
Even though this was the Summerland, it had an enchanted lake that stayed frozen. It was a nice cool resting place that Kurama visited many times I his life.
The soft grass tickled his cheek as he lay down on a tuft near the lake. The cool air resonating from the frosty lake felt good against his soft skin. He closed his eyes and imagined the part of the Makai that was covered in ice and snow.
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Not to far off, hidden in the brush and trees' shadow, stood a dire wolf. Only as big as a small horse, it glared through the leaves at the red- headed figure on the opposite side of the diamond lake. His crimson eyes fixed on the beauty. He never had seen anything like it where he was from. He snarled at himself for even thinking about beauty when he should be worrying about his dear sister, Yukina.
His black fur was smooth and glossy as he slinked through the bush to the side of the lake. The odd marking on his forehead was the only thing that someone could see in the night. The eye-shaped white marking that was centered perfectly. About his neck was a necklace. A silver chain necklace with a tear gem dangling off it.
As he streaked through the tree branches, something caught the chain, untying it and flinging it towards the lake. The wolf noticed that something was choking him. Then it was gone. He noticed that his precious tear gem was not hanging around his neck. Hiei stopped and looked around for it. He didn't see it was lying in the very center of the lake.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kurama sat up and picked at the grass. He lifted his head slightly when something caught his eye. Near the middle of the small lake, was something other than ice glinting. He narrowed his eyes to see if that would help see it better, but the glare of the ice was too strong.
Out of the kitsune's large curiosity, he carefully stepped onto the frozen surface. It seemed firmed enough as he jumped on it a few times. He lightly made his way to the odd object. As he got closer, the glare of the object became smaller and smaller, till it was no more than the size of a pebble.
It was a beautiful tear gem. Kurama gasped in awe. He had only seen a koorime tear gem once before this time. Dante had looted some thieves for some easy cash, and came upon the rare gem. Few ever got past the snow land's border. He picked it up with his delicate fingers and examined it. A magnificent piece. He should know; he was a thief of fine objects like this.
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Hiei growled low. That red-headed beauty was holding his treasure. He narrowed his blood-red eyes and growled some more..
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Kurama pocketed his find and stood up. Something cracked. He looked down to see a thin crack inching through the ice. He gulped. Kurama tried to slowly make his way back to the shore, but then the ice gave way, he fell into the icy waters.
'Hn,' thought the prince, seeing the red-head fall into the ice. 'Well, I can't just stand around waiting for him to pull himself up.' Hiei darted on to the ice; he slid a few paces and then bounded towards the drowning kitsune.
Kurama couldn't swim, there were not many rivers or lakes around, and so he couldn't learn, he struggled to hold on to the sharp edges of the ice, but it melted under his grip. His blood dyed the ice into a cherry color as he was cut by large chunks of ice.
Kurama was going to either drown, or freeze if he didn't do something. But he didn't have to.
A large black wolf bit and held onto his collar. Kurama didn't know whether to scream and struggle or to let him be pulled from certain death. The wolf nearly ripped the collar off as he dragged the slowly weakening kitsune onto the grassy shore.
The red-head coughed a few times and rolled over to his side. He fainted, from lack of oxygen and fright.
Hiei nudged the fox with his nose. His hot breath could be seen in puffs of steam, the kitsune was going to freeze to death. Hiei shook his wolf head and lay up against the unconscious thief. As if by instinct, Kurama rolled over onto his other side, and huddled against the warm black fur. Hiei sighed in his mind and laid his head down on the grass. He too fell asleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Where is he?!" yelled a familiar voice. Yukina raised her head from her arms and looked towards the huge doors. They were almost broken open as an angered figure appeared from behind them.
"Where the hell is Hiei-sama?!" yelled Armanda Rose. Her eyebrows knitted in anger. Yukina let a few tears roll down her cheek and clatter on to the marble floor.
Armanda Rose was Hiei's right-hand.er.demon. She often helped him with battle tactics and carrying them out. She was also the guardian of the werewolf princess Amisha, and her older brother Jockeron. ((A/N: DAMN! I gave you a BIG secret that shall be released in future "The Forgotten Secrets and Pasts of a Demon" chapters. SO BE HAPPY!))
A.R.'s scowl vanished as she saw Yukina get up, tear gems falling from her lap by the dozens.
"Damn, what happened?" she asked as Yukina stumbled over her self down the steps. A.R. aught her as she burst into more sobs.
"Yukina-sama, I hate to be rude, but quit with the water works and jewelry making," she said as Yukina cried on her shoulder.
"Okay, sh.sh.Yukina. You are making a scene," she said pulling Yukina up form her shoulder. She lifted her blue haired head and sniffed a few times. She blinked her crimson eyes and said, "Rikonomi.."
A.R. blinked and stood Yukina up. "Rikonomi? What did that witch do?" Yukina sniffed again, and wiped her eyes.
"She.she..turned Hiei-san into a monster! Be.because he wouldn't wed her!" she stuttered out. A.R. narrowed her eyes. ((A/N: She doesn't wear sunglasses in this story))
"Armanda-san, can you possibly.help him?" she asked after explaining what happened.
A.R. shook her head. "You and I know perfectly well that Hiei can take care of himself. But." she said letting down her walls of fierceness and non- caring.
"I can watch over him, making sure he isn't seen by anyone at night. And if he finds a lover, I will protect that person from any harm that may come to them," she said, crossing her arms. Yukina smiled and hugged A.R. She pushed the koorime away.
"I'm not doing this for him, he has too much pride. I'm doing it for you. I'll see if Amiee-sama and Jockeron-sama are able to help," she said standing up.
Yukina smiled widely and said in a sweet tone,"I'm eternally grateful that you are doing this A.R.-san."
A.R. walked out the door. Her next stop will be the palace of wolves. Maybe the princess would have a spell to reverse the effect.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kurama woke up against soft silky fur. He didn't open his eyes just yet. He inched closer and buried his face in it. It felt like a newborn kit's fur soft and silky. It was also very warm.
"Do you mind?" said a low agitated voice. Kurama was startled and looked to the owner of the voice. The black dire wolf was looking directly at him. His eyes widened as he scooted back, only to feel the wolf's tail against his bare back. ((He is shirtless Kurama Fans: YAY!! Author :...))
"Give it back," he said sternly. 'Such stunning jade eyes', Hiei thought, looking directly at him. Kurama blinked. Dire wolves often came through the forests. But none of them ever had blood-red eyes; all of theirs were a hazel color. Also, NONE of them TALKED.
"G-give.what back?" stuttered the frightened kitsune. The wolf's tail flicked and he stared harder at him. "My gem."
Kurama blinked and remembered the tear gem. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the silver chain. The tear gem swung with it. The wolf looked at the gem and said, "I can't put it on myself, put it around my neck."
The fox obeyed. He un-clicked the clasp and slipped it around the beast's furry neck. Hiei grunted and stood up.
"W-who are you?" Kurama said, still sitting. His red eyes glinted and he sat down again.
"I am Prince Hiei of the Koorime."
"A koorime.prince?" asked the kitsune. 'Aren't koorime girls?' he thought.
"I see you are startled, hn. This is not me. I am under a spell kitsune," he grunted blinking his ruby eyes. 'Like that explains the male koorime part.' thought Kurama.
"What is a koorime.prince.doing here?" he asked motioning towards the surrounding woods. The wolf snorted and pawed the ground.
"I need to find someone that I can love. Or I must marry Rikonomi, the dark sorceress of the Makai," he said, he grinded his teeth under his muzzle.
"How awful.." said Kurama, not knowing he said it out loud. The wolf snapped at him and snarled angrily, "Are you making a mockery of the Forbidden Child?"
Kurama instantly waved his hands and said, "No, no! I was just thinking out loud. Still, it is awful that you have to marry a hag like that if you don't find your true love."
"True love?" Hiei asked puzzled. He hadn't heard this concept before. Kurama sighed and said, "The one you are destined to be with. The one who you will love forever."
"Have you found YOUR true love?" Hiei asked. 'Okay, now he is butting in to MY life,' thought Kurama a little sarcastically.
"No, not at all," Kurama said, turning the color of his hair. Or, maybe the color of Hiei's eyes. 'What the hell am I thinking?!' the fox said, scolding himself.
"KURAMA!" yelled a voice off in the distance. It echoed and reached the ears of the two on the shore. And the one in the tall tree.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This.is a late-nighter one, so it may not be that good...*head falls onto desk, snoring* Hiei:*pokes her head*
*snore*
Hiei: WAKE UP!!!!
*snore, feather lands on her nose, she wakes up* Where's the fire?!
Hiei:*sweatdrop*
Rikonomi is not like Muroko, to all who asked. I thought about using Muroko though. Anyway, this is the next chappie were Kurama comes in.
Kurama fans: YAY!
Er....ok..and Kurama is only Youko Kurama when he is tempted to be him.so it is the red-head Shuuichi in this story..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Soft, white snow. He would love to see soft, white snow. Kurama sighed deeply and looked out to the rolling green hills and forests of his homeland. He twirled a stray red hair with his finger and sighed again.
Dante playing with the young kitsunes that happen to have taken a liking to the pyro demon. Kurama blinked and looked at the blue sky.
Dante has been his friend since, forever. He wouldn't say JUST friends though..nor would he say lovers. They were friends. They wouldn't dare kiss each other or anything like that. ((A/N: the backgrounds of the characters are a little different k?))
He sighed and stood up for his stump seat. Dante had one of the kits on her shoulders when she asked, "Where ya going Kurama?" He smiles at her. "Just to the frozen lake."
Even though this was the Summerland, it had an enchanted lake that stayed frozen. It was a nice cool resting place that Kurama visited many times I his life.
The soft grass tickled his cheek as he lay down on a tuft near the lake. The cool air resonating from the frosty lake felt good against his soft skin. He closed his eyes and imagined the part of the Makai that was covered in ice and snow.
~~~~~~~~~~~
Not to far off, hidden in the brush and trees' shadow, stood a dire wolf. Only as big as a small horse, it glared through the leaves at the red- headed figure on the opposite side of the diamond lake. His crimson eyes fixed on the beauty. He never had seen anything like it where he was from. He snarled at himself for even thinking about beauty when he should be worrying about his dear sister, Yukina.
His black fur was smooth and glossy as he slinked through the bush to the side of the lake. The odd marking on his forehead was the only thing that someone could see in the night. The eye-shaped white marking that was centered perfectly. About his neck was a necklace. A silver chain necklace with a tear gem dangling off it.
As he streaked through the tree branches, something caught the chain, untying it and flinging it towards the lake. The wolf noticed that something was choking him. Then it was gone. He noticed that his precious tear gem was not hanging around his neck. Hiei stopped and looked around for it. He didn't see it was lying in the very center of the lake.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kurama sat up and picked at the grass. He lifted his head slightly when something caught his eye. Near the middle of the small lake, was something other than ice glinting. He narrowed his eyes to see if that would help see it better, but the glare of the ice was too strong.
Out of the kitsune's large curiosity, he carefully stepped onto the frozen surface. It seemed firmed enough as he jumped on it a few times. He lightly made his way to the odd object. As he got closer, the glare of the object became smaller and smaller, till it was no more than the size of a pebble.
It was a beautiful tear gem. Kurama gasped in awe. He had only seen a koorime tear gem once before this time. Dante had looted some thieves for some easy cash, and came upon the rare gem. Few ever got past the snow land's border. He picked it up with his delicate fingers and examined it. A magnificent piece. He should know; he was a thief of fine objects like this.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hiei growled low. That red-headed beauty was holding his treasure. He narrowed his blood-red eyes and growled some more..
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kurama pocketed his find and stood up. Something cracked. He looked down to see a thin crack inching through the ice. He gulped. Kurama tried to slowly make his way back to the shore, but then the ice gave way, he fell into the icy waters.
'Hn,' thought the prince, seeing the red-head fall into the ice. 'Well, I can't just stand around waiting for him to pull himself up.' Hiei darted on to the ice; he slid a few paces and then bounded towards the drowning kitsune.
Kurama couldn't swim, there were not many rivers or lakes around, and so he couldn't learn, he struggled to hold on to the sharp edges of the ice, but it melted under his grip. His blood dyed the ice into a cherry color as he was cut by large chunks of ice.
Kurama was going to either drown, or freeze if he didn't do something. But he didn't have to.
A large black wolf bit and held onto his collar. Kurama didn't know whether to scream and struggle or to let him be pulled from certain death. The wolf nearly ripped the collar off as he dragged the slowly weakening kitsune onto the grassy shore.
The red-head coughed a few times and rolled over to his side. He fainted, from lack of oxygen and fright.
Hiei nudged the fox with his nose. His hot breath could be seen in puffs of steam, the kitsune was going to freeze to death. Hiei shook his wolf head and lay up against the unconscious thief. As if by instinct, Kurama rolled over onto his other side, and huddled against the warm black fur. Hiei sighed in his mind and laid his head down on the grass. He too fell asleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Where is he?!" yelled a familiar voice. Yukina raised her head from her arms and looked towards the huge doors. They were almost broken open as an angered figure appeared from behind them.
"Where the hell is Hiei-sama?!" yelled Armanda Rose. Her eyebrows knitted in anger. Yukina let a few tears roll down her cheek and clatter on to the marble floor.
Armanda Rose was Hiei's right-hand.er.demon. She often helped him with battle tactics and carrying them out. She was also the guardian of the werewolf princess Amisha, and her older brother Jockeron. ((A/N: DAMN! I gave you a BIG secret that shall be released in future "The Forgotten Secrets and Pasts of a Demon" chapters. SO BE HAPPY!))
A.R.'s scowl vanished as she saw Yukina get up, tear gems falling from her lap by the dozens.
"Damn, what happened?" she asked as Yukina stumbled over her self down the steps. A.R. aught her as she burst into more sobs.
"Yukina-sama, I hate to be rude, but quit with the water works and jewelry making," she said as Yukina cried on her shoulder.
"Okay, sh.sh.Yukina. You are making a scene," she said pulling Yukina up form her shoulder. She lifted her blue haired head and sniffed a few times. She blinked her crimson eyes and said, "Rikonomi.."
A.R. blinked and stood Yukina up. "Rikonomi? What did that witch do?" Yukina sniffed again, and wiped her eyes.
"She.she..turned Hiei-san into a monster! Be.because he wouldn't wed her!" she stuttered out. A.R. narrowed her eyes. ((A/N: She doesn't wear sunglasses in this story))
"Armanda-san, can you possibly.help him?" she asked after explaining what happened.
A.R. shook her head. "You and I know perfectly well that Hiei can take care of himself. But." she said letting down her walls of fierceness and non- caring.
"I can watch over him, making sure he isn't seen by anyone at night. And if he finds a lover, I will protect that person from any harm that may come to them," she said, crossing her arms. Yukina smiled and hugged A.R. She pushed the koorime away.
"I'm not doing this for him, he has too much pride. I'm doing it for you. I'll see if Amiee-sama and Jockeron-sama are able to help," she said standing up.
Yukina smiled widely and said in a sweet tone,"I'm eternally grateful that you are doing this A.R.-san."
A.R. walked out the door. Her next stop will be the palace of wolves. Maybe the princess would have a spell to reverse the effect.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kurama woke up against soft silky fur. He didn't open his eyes just yet. He inched closer and buried his face in it. It felt like a newborn kit's fur soft and silky. It was also very warm.
"Do you mind?" said a low agitated voice. Kurama was startled and looked to the owner of the voice. The black dire wolf was looking directly at him. His eyes widened as he scooted back, only to feel the wolf's tail against his bare back. ((He is shirtless Kurama Fans: YAY!! Author :...))
"Give it back," he said sternly. 'Such stunning jade eyes', Hiei thought, looking directly at him. Kurama blinked. Dire wolves often came through the forests. But none of them ever had blood-red eyes; all of theirs were a hazel color. Also, NONE of them TALKED.
"G-give.what back?" stuttered the frightened kitsune. The wolf's tail flicked and he stared harder at him. "My gem."
Kurama blinked and remembered the tear gem. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the silver chain. The tear gem swung with it. The wolf looked at the gem and said, "I can't put it on myself, put it around my neck."
The fox obeyed. He un-clicked the clasp and slipped it around the beast's furry neck. Hiei grunted and stood up.
"W-who are you?" Kurama said, still sitting. His red eyes glinted and he sat down again.
"I am Prince Hiei of the Koorime."
"A koorime.prince?" asked the kitsune. 'Aren't koorime girls?' he thought.
"I see you are startled, hn. This is not me. I am under a spell kitsune," he grunted blinking his ruby eyes. 'Like that explains the male koorime part.' thought Kurama.
"What is a koorime.prince.doing here?" he asked motioning towards the surrounding woods. The wolf snorted and pawed the ground.
"I need to find someone that I can love. Or I must marry Rikonomi, the dark sorceress of the Makai," he said, he grinded his teeth under his muzzle.
"How awful.." said Kurama, not knowing he said it out loud. The wolf snapped at him and snarled angrily, "Are you making a mockery of the Forbidden Child?"
Kurama instantly waved his hands and said, "No, no! I was just thinking out loud. Still, it is awful that you have to marry a hag like that if you don't find your true love."
"True love?" Hiei asked puzzled. He hadn't heard this concept before. Kurama sighed and said, "The one you are destined to be with. The one who you will love forever."
"Have you found YOUR true love?" Hiei asked. 'Okay, now he is butting in to MY life,' thought Kurama a little sarcastically.
"No, not at all," Kurama said, turning the color of his hair. Or, maybe the color of Hiei's eyes. 'What the hell am I thinking?!' the fox said, scolding himself.
"KURAMA!" yelled a voice off in the distance. It echoed and reached the ears of the two on the shore. And the one in the tall tree.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This.is a late-nighter one, so it may not be that good...*head falls onto desk, snoring* Hiei:*pokes her head*
*snore*
Hiei: WAKE UP!!!!
*snore, feather lands on her nose, she wakes up* Where's the fire?!
Hiei:*sweatdrop*