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A cry echoed through the entire castle. It was morning. The snow had piled up and pushed against the walls of the rock fortress. The room that the cry came from was occupied by the wolf-Hiei and the teary eyed Kurama.

In Kurama's arms, snuggled a baby. A little boy, named Hikama. He looked exactly like Hiei, except for a red starburst instead of Hiei's white one. He had stunning green eyes like Kurama's.

"He's beautiful." murmured Kurama, making cooing noises. Hiei couldn't smile in this form, but his eyes were beaming with happiness. Hikama gurgled and smiled, reaching and grabbing one of Kurama's side locks. "Hmm...what's this?" Hiei said, moving his nose to the base of the blanket and pushing out something...

A tail.

"How could that happen? It isn't even a Youko tail!" said Kurama, holding him up, examining the twitching black tail. Hiei's eyes narrowed as he flicked his own tail. "It's a wolf tail."

"I guess the curse affected you more than we thought."

Hiei closed his eyes and lay down. Kurama put the baby in the crib on the side of the room and tucked him in. Hikama's eyes fluttered and he yawned, turning his head to sleep.

"I better get some sleep, I want to be awake at night form now on," he said, walking over to the bed and lying down. Hiei laid his head on his crossed paws and fell asleep.

***

"WHAT?!" the sound made the bats fly away. "FIRST YURO'S DEATH NOW KIDS?!" shrieked the sorceress. The evil henchman cringed nodding shakily. Rikonomi fell to her seat, wide-eyed, manicured hand to her forehead. "I can't take this kind off pressure. This was supposed to be cake, CHOCOLATE cake!"

The henchmen chuckled uncertainly, and then cleared his imp throat. "Um, my lady, we have reason to believe that this child is still very young. And can be easily.."

"I don't care about the frickin' child! I want-" realization hit her like a ton of bricks. "They only have one child, one rope, keeping their love tied to the docks...this child is young enough to not know the difference between mother and father, or.father and father, whatever," she paced the room, "I can take the child and raise it as my own! Then, Hiei will have to come here to save the child...ooh this is good." she said. The imp sweatdropped and sidestepped out of the room. "I should have taken the custodian job.." he mumbled, flying away.

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What the evil people didn't know, is that a certain werewolf was listening intently form the grounds below the jagged castle. Jockeron smirked and turned around. "Armanda will be happy to be informed of this!"

He reached the house of Kiyoshi in no time. A.R. and Kiyoshi were fighting over something when he got there. He jumped in through the window and sweatdropped. Armanda had Kiyoshi in a headlock yelling something in dragon, a vein about to explode in her head. Kiyoshi was replying timidly in the same language, a large sweatdrop running down his forehead. "Uh..guys?"

"Hello Jockie-sama, give me a minute," she said gruffly, switching back to dragon to seemingly cuss her older cousin out. She let him go and returned to Jockie. "What is it?" she said calmly, her anger not forgotten, she kept gritting her teeth and side glancing at the chibi Kiyoshi.

"Rikonomi is planning to steal Hiei-sama's child. Most likely tonight," he said sternly. "Thanks for informing me, I'll see to it at once."

With the short talk done, Armanda tore out the front door while Jockie jumped out the window to return home. "Why do I always get picked on?" whined Kiyoshi.

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Kurama slept soundly as the door silently open. A maid and Ams came in quietly. But Ams looked different. She no longer wore her maid dress, but now she wore travel clothes. The other was Hotaru. She has served the royal family for most of her life.

"Okay, Armanda said to get the kid before that witch person comes around," Ams said, looking around for the crib. She almost ran into the sleeping Hiei. "The crib's over there," Hotaru said pointing a clawed hand at the crib on the far side of the bed. They tiptoed over to the crib. "Ya know, for a Youko you aren't that graceful," said Ams when Hotaru almost tripped over a discarded bit of clothing. "Shuddup shortie."

Hikama was curled in his blankets, sucking his thumb. His tail twitched every few seconds. "Let's get this over with."

Ams wrapped him in a thick coat and picked him up. "Alright, got him!" They silently slipped out of the room, holding the sleeping child.

***

Kurama was woken by a loud blast. He flew out of bed and looked around. There he saw a woman with a large braid standing on the windowsill. "Who the hell are you?" he asked hoarsely. The woman smiled wickedly and stepped down from the sill. She walked gracefully to the foot of the bed. "So you're Hiei-chan's little whore, I was wondering what you looked like."

"You! You are the one who put that curse on Hiei!" Kurama shouted angrily. Rikonomi shrugged and smiled slowly. "I must admit, it took a lot out of me."

Kurama jumped out of his bed, Rikonomi walked briskly to the crib. "And this must be your little...WHAT?!" she said, tearing the blankets away to see it empty. Kurama looked horrified at the empty crib as Rikonomi capsized it, glaring at him. "Hiei!" he yelled looking to where he was sleeping. Hiei must have gotten up during the night, for he wasn't there. "Hiei! HIEI!" he yelled, trying to get his attention if he was anywhere near. Rikonomi jumped over the bed and grabbed Kurama by the throat.

"You little bastard, you knew I was gonna take your filthy child!" she hissed at him. Kurama reached silently over to the dresser, where he put the rose to liven things up. "Rose whip!"

"AH!! MY FACE!!!" she screamed as she clutched it, blood flowing freely from her cheeks. Kurama kicked her out of the way and snapped the whip. This time he hit her on the arm, making a large gash. "You are so cruel you don't deserve to live."

Her anger was smothered a little as she choked a sentence out, "Me? Cruel? Maybe you should take a look at the cause of deaths for half of a population to the East. They all have 'Hiei' under cause of death."

Rikonomi saw Kurama's stance falter, giving her enough time to get away. She released a small teleportation spell and escaped in no time.

Then, the door busted open, and a black wolf came bounding in. He looked around and saw Kurama grasping the blanket, tears falling down his pale cheeks. "What happened?!" he snapped. Kurama gazed at him with teary eyes. "S-someone..took...Hikama.." he stuttered, falling into Hiei's shaggy fur and sobbed. Hiei growled lowly. 'She's going to pay for this.'

"Hiei, it wasn't the woman who did this to you, who took our child," he heard Kurama speak softly. His red eyes widened. "Then...who?"

***

b3 years later.../b

Hiei and Kurama mourned the loss of their only child. But they knew a new chance was coming. And they counted the days the plant would bloom their new child. They would never forget Hikama, but the new child would certainly turn their lives a little happier.

"Hiei?" Kurama asked his lover. Hiei turned his head on the pillow and gazed at him with deep ruby eyes. "Yes koibito?"

Kurama scooted over and put a comforting arm around Hiei, hugging him tightly. "I want to visit my old home, see my friends again. I want to see them after the child is born."

Hiei kissed his forehead and muttered, "Sure, anything for you, my kitsune."

"Arigatou Hiei-chan."

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"Hurry! Kurama! It's blooming!" yelled Ams, dangling from the table, trying to stay high enough to see the large flower start to open. Kurama rushed into the room, Hiei hot on his heels.

They gathered around the flower, Hiei glancing at Ams uncertainly then turning his attention back to the flower. Kurama peeled the leaves back and the sight he beheld was joyful sight. "Congrats Hiei-sama! Twins!"

Hiei and Kurama both held one of the little babies. One male, one female. "What should we name them?" asked Hiei holding the girl. She had red hair, exactly like Kurama's, but had brilliant red eyes, staring at her koorime father. He smirked down at her. For some reason, she had the same looking evilness (mischievous cuteness?) Hiei had when he was a newborn.

Kurama held the male, a cute little boy with Youko's colored hair, Kurama- style. He had big bright yellow eyes and cooed at his father, reaching up. "How about the little girl be named..Kurana?" Hiei said questioningly, not very good at naming. Hikama was Kurama's idea. "Perfect, now what about little mini-Youko over here?"

Hiei shuttered at the name "Youko". He never really liked Kurama's demon half. "Hiouko!" squeaked Ams. Kurama chuckled. "Okay, Hiouko it is!"

"Kurana and Hiouko, the twins. Nice choice of names," said a voice for the doorway. A.R. leaned against it, arms crossed. "Armanda! You made it," Kurama said gleefully. A.R. shrugged. "Well, I missed the first one, might as well make it up."

"I thank you greatly, without your help this would never had happen," Hiei said quietly. A.R. once again shrugged. "Don't thank me, it was your sister's idea, Hiei."

Hiei nodded and returned to awing at his daughter. Kurama smiled and placed a chaste kiss on his son's head. "I must be off, a few undone things here and there. Farewell you highnesses," she said, walking away.

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Lalala, if you think A.R.'s eeeevvvilll.well, she has reason to be! If you recall "The Polar Bear King", it was actually the prince's "deceased" mother who "stole/saved" the child. Reviews please!