Author's note: Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been so busy. Anyway. Enjoy.
Chapter Four
Red stared at Karasu funny.
"Are you okay Red?" He asked her.
"Yeah, it's just. I never thought you would look like this." She said, "Why didn't you leave?"
"I didn't want to." He smiled at Red.
"I'm so glad you didn't go." She got up and hugged him, burying her face in his neck, "I've never had anyone that actually understands me."
"Now you have me." Karasu ran his fingers through Red's hair, it was the same color as his, "So do you think the excursions for those stones are over?"
"Yes, I think I have gotten rid of all of them."
*******
Hiei was walking through a back ally way, with nothing to do. He kicked something and it slid across the ground, he picked it up. It was a dark blue stone.
"This is nice, maybe Kurama would like it." He put it in his pocket and headed towards Kurama's. When he got there he opened his window and went in, Kurama wasn't even home, in fact no one was. He yawned sleep threatened to take him over. He crawled up onto the windowsill, "I'll just wait for him here." He fell asleep dreaming of crow feathers and cawing.
********
Red was sitting in a high branch next to Karasu.
"Karasu I think I love you." She said.
"I already know I love you Red." He watched as a few crows flew passed and cawed at Red, who cawed back.
"They said hello." She smiled at him, "Remember you were once a crow so don't give me that look."
"I know and I was shot, it hurt like hell." He laughed as she opened his jacket.
"How is that wound?" She just about pulled the jacket off him, "Where is it?"
"Remember, I'm a demon, my wounds heal fast." She got a stupid looked on her face.
"Oh yeah, that's right. I should have known that." She put his coat back on and buttoned it up.
"What's up with that Rezu woman?" He asked.
"She a sick psycho path. She wants me in more ways than one." Red kissed Karasu then jumped out of the tree.
"Red don't that's about forty feet to the ground!" He looked down, she was standing on the ground, "How in the hell?"
"Come on, don't be a scaredy crow." He jumped down and landed next to her.
"I'm not a scaredy crow." He said, "How did you get down? How did I get down?"
"The ground is soft here I guess." She started to walk down the path.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"It should be where are we going?" She said, "We're going to town, I have to get a few things."
********
"Get out you filthy bird!" Someone shoved Hiei out of Kurama's window, he looked up. It was Kurama's mom.
"You stupid bitch! It's me Hiei!" He snapped.
"Shut up you dirty crow." She shut the window. Hiei noticed he was shorter than normal, he looked down. He was a crow! Black feathers, a beak, clawed feet, and wings!
"How in the hell did I get like this?" Hiei asked himself. The stone he had found was laying next to the sidewalk, someone walked up to it.
"Oo, a power stone." That someone was Rezu, she put a glove on a picked the stone up, "Red would do anything to destroy this stone. Red, you will soon be mine."
"Sick bitch." Hiei started hopping, someone kicked him into a bush, it was Yusuke, "Yusuke help!"
"Ew, nasty a crow." Yusuke avoided him.
"Hi there, what's your name?" Red was standing in front of Hiei.
"Hiei, wait you can understand me?" Hiei asked.
"Of course I can." Red knelt down. Hiei looked up, standing behind her was Karasu.
"Him!" Hiei pointed his wing at Karasu.
"What about him?" She turned and looked, "Oh, Karasu?"
"He stalked Kurama, he wants him!" Hiei yelled.
"Why did that crow point at me?" Karasu walked over and stood next to Red.
"He said he knows you, you used to stalk someone named Kurama." Red said.
"Used to. I don't anymore." Karasu said, "Hey! How did that crow know anyway?"
"His name is Hiei, heard of him?" Red asked.
"Yeah, it's Kurama's friend." Karasu grinned, "How did he get like this?"
"I am not!" Hiei yelled, "I found a blue stone."
"Don't waste your breathe, he can't understand you." Red said to Hiei, she looked at Karasu, "There's still a stone out there."
"Oh great." Karasu said.
"Come on, you're coming with us." Red handed an arm full of bags to Karasu and picked Hiei up. She took him back to her house, she placed Hiei on the table and got something to eat for him, "Here you go, make yourself at home until I find the stone."
"Okay." Hiei stared at the plate of chopped chicken pieces.
"Let me lay down some rules." She said, "You are not to leave this house, because there is a a hunter out there that shoots crows, Karasu knows all about that. You cannot go snooping. And you cannot go into my bathroom. Got it?"
"Yep." The dark red eyed crow watched her take things out of the bags and put them in cabinets.
"I hope you don't mind if I go take a nap." Karasu said.
"No, just try not to pull the covers over you head." She kissed him.
"Okay, I'll try not to." He went to one of the rooms and shut the door.
"I guess it's only me and you now." She said to Hiei.
"Yeah." Hiei said.
"You sound sad." Red turned to him.
"It's just, I've never been away from Kurama for a night." He said, there was a quiet tinking noise on the table. Red walked over, he was crying tiny gems.
"It'll be okay." She smiled.
"I hope." Hiei said, "How did I get like this?"
"You touched a power stone, it turns beings into crows and crows into demons." She pointed to herself.
"Oh." He sat down and watched as she cleaned the house and did the dishes, she looked at a clock.
"Shit! Karasu went to sleep hours ago." She went to the room and knocked on the door, "Karasu, wake up. You had better not have suffocated yourself under the blanket!" She said, Hiei hopped over.
"Let me sleep for a little longer." She heard him groan.
"Oka-"
"Hey! I understood him!" Hiei said.
"What?!" Red threw open the door, there was only a little lump in the middle of the bed. She yanked the covers off. There was a crow.
"Let me sleep." The crow mumbled, it opened its eyes. Violet.
"Gods! Karasu you're a crow again!" Red said.
"What?!" Karasu began to examine himself, "Damn it!"
"Hiei, did you see anyone take the stone?" Red asked.
"Yeah, it was some red haired girl, she even said something about Red would be hers." Hiei said.
"No! Rezu did this!" Red growled, "Don't worry, we'll get that stone back!"
Chapter Four
Red stared at Karasu funny.
"Are you okay Red?" He asked her.
"Yeah, it's just. I never thought you would look like this." She said, "Why didn't you leave?"
"I didn't want to." He smiled at Red.
"I'm so glad you didn't go." She got up and hugged him, burying her face in his neck, "I've never had anyone that actually understands me."
"Now you have me." Karasu ran his fingers through Red's hair, it was the same color as his, "So do you think the excursions for those stones are over?"
"Yes, I think I have gotten rid of all of them."
*******
Hiei was walking through a back ally way, with nothing to do. He kicked something and it slid across the ground, he picked it up. It was a dark blue stone.
"This is nice, maybe Kurama would like it." He put it in his pocket and headed towards Kurama's. When he got there he opened his window and went in, Kurama wasn't even home, in fact no one was. He yawned sleep threatened to take him over. He crawled up onto the windowsill, "I'll just wait for him here." He fell asleep dreaming of crow feathers and cawing.
********
Red was sitting in a high branch next to Karasu.
"Karasu I think I love you." She said.
"I already know I love you Red." He watched as a few crows flew passed and cawed at Red, who cawed back.
"They said hello." She smiled at him, "Remember you were once a crow so don't give me that look."
"I know and I was shot, it hurt like hell." He laughed as she opened his jacket.
"How is that wound?" She just about pulled the jacket off him, "Where is it?"
"Remember, I'm a demon, my wounds heal fast." She got a stupid looked on her face.
"Oh yeah, that's right. I should have known that." She put his coat back on and buttoned it up.
"What's up with that Rezu woman?" He asked.
"She a sick psycho path. She wants me in more ways than one." Red kissed Karasu then jumped out of the tree.
"Red don't that's about forty feet to the ground!" He looked down, she was standing on the ground, "How in the hell?"
"Come on, don't be a scaredy crow." He jumped down and landed next to her.
"I'm not a scaredy crow." He said, "How did you get down? How did I get down?"
"The ground is soft here I guess." She started to walk down the path.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"It should be where are we going?" She said, "We're going to town, I have to get a few things."
********
"Get out you filthy bird!" Someone shoved Hiei out of Kurama's window, he looked up. It was Kurama's mom.
"You stupid bitch! It's me Hiei!" He snapped.
"Shut up you dirty crow." She shut the window. Hiei noticed he was shorter than normal, he looked down. He was a crow! Black feathers, a beak, clawed feet, and wings!
"How in the hell did I get like this?" Hiei asked himself. The stone he had found was laying next to the sidewalk, someone walked up to it.
"Oo, a power stone." That someone was Rezu, she put a glove on a picked the stone up, "Red would do anything to destroy this stone. Red, you will soon be mine."
"Sick bitch." Hiei started hopping, someone kicked him into a bush, it was Yusuke, "Yusuke help!"
"Ew, nasty a crow." Yusuke avoided him.
"Hi there, what's your name?" Red was standing in front of Hiei.
"Hiei, wait you can understand me?" Hiei asked.
"Of course I can." Red knelt down. Hiei looked up, standing behind her was Karasu.
"Him!" Hiei pointed his wing at Karasu.
"What about him?" She turned and looked, "Oh, Karasu?"
"He stalked Kurama, he wants him!" Hiei yelled.
"Why did that crow point at me?" Karasu walked over and stood next to Red.
"He said he knows you, you used to stalk someone named Kurama." Red said.
"Used to. I don't anymore." Karasu said, "Hey! How did that crow know anyway?"
"His name is Hiei, heard of him?" Red asked.
"Yeah, it's Kurama's friend." Karasu grinned, "How did he get like this?"
"I am not!" Hiei yelled, "I found a blue stone."
"Don't waste your breathe, he can't understand you." Red said to Hiei, she looked at Karasu, "There's still a stone out there."
"Oh great." Karasu said.
"Come on, you're coming with us." Red handed an arm full of bags to Karasu and picked Hiei up. She took him back to her house, she placed Hiei on the table and got something to eat for him, "Here you go, make yourself at home until I find the stone."
"Okay." Hiei stared at the plate of chopped chicken pieces.
"Let me lay down some rules." She said, "You are not to leave this house, because there is a a hunter out there that shoots crows, Karasu knows all about that. You cannot go snooping. And you cannot go into my bathroom. Got it?"
"Yep." The dark red eyed crow watched her take things out of the bags and put them in cabinets.
"I hope you don't mind if I go take a nap." Karasu said.
"No, just try not to pull the covers over you head." She kissed him.
"Okay, I'll try not to." He went to one of the rooms and shut the door.
"I guess it's only me and you now." She said to Hiei.
"Yeah." Hiei said.
"You sound sad." Red turned to him.
"It's just, I've never been away from Kurama for a night." He said, there was a quiet tinking noise on the table. Red walked over, he was crying tiny gems.
"It'll be okay." She smiled.
"I hope." Hiei said, "How did I get like this?"
"You touched a power stone, it turns beings into crows and crows into demons." She pointed to herself.
"Oh." He sat down and watched as she cleaned the house and did the dishes, she looked at a clock.
"Shit! Karasu went to sleep hours ago." She went to the room and knocked on the door, "Karasu, wake up. You had better not have suffocated yourself under the blanket!" She said, Hiei hopped over.
"Let me sleep for a little longer." She heard him groan.
"Oka-"
"Hey! I understood him!" Hiei said.
"What?!" Red threw open the door, there was only a little lump in the middle of the bed. She yanked the covers off. There was a crow.
"Let me sleep." The crow mumbled, it opened its eyes. Violet.
"Gods! Karasu you're a crow again!" Red said.
"What?!" Karasu began to examine himself, "Damn it!"
"Hiei, did you see anyone take the stone?" Red asked.
"Yeah, it was some red haired girl, she even said something about Red would be hers." Hiei said.
"No! Rezu did this!" Red growled, "Don't worry, we'll get that stone back!"