Chickenpox

By: Agent Dark Moose

Rating: PG-13

Summary: When Yusuke and Kuwabara drag Kurama and an unwilling Hiei to the arcade, Hiei catches a terrible disease. That disease is . . . the chickenpox? (oO;)

Disclaimer: I own a platypus plushie! YAY! But nothing that relates to YYH . . . Hey, Moose made a rhyme! Relates an YYH! o.o Ok, I'll shut up now . . .

~Guide~

~+~ Location Change

*** Time change

_. . ._ Emphasized

~*+*~ Time AND Location Change

Chapter Three: Foreign Sickness in a Foreign Body

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Fifteen minutes after Hiei collapsed, Kurama reached his house, the unconscious Jaganshi in his arms. Quickly unlocking the door, Kurama ran inside and up to his room. Once there, the kitsune set Hiei down on his bed.

After noticing that his temperature was higher than usual, Kurama ran into the adjacent bathroom and wet a washcloth with cold water. Dashing back to Hiei, the fox placed the compress onto his forehead.

Kurama then took off Hiei's heavy black cloak and scarf, only to notice the give-away to his friend's ailment.

On Hiei's neck, there were six noticeable red dots.

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Hiei awoke later with a loud groan. His whole body ached . . . and itched terribly. As he moved to scratch his arm, a voice stopped him.

"Don't even think about it, Hiei." Kurama said from his seat next to him. "You can't scratch those."

"Why not?" Hiei asked, almost sounding like a little child questioning the rule about no dessert before dinner.

"You have the chickenpox." Kurama replied, worry being shown in his emerald eyes. "I wasn't aware that youkai could get this disease."

Hiei groaned again and sat up. "Obviously we can't, seeing as I've never heard of this sickness before."

Kurama frowned. If youkai couldn't get the chickenpox, then Hiei's body would be weak in fighting the bacteria. 'He might never recover . . . or worse. Hiei could . . .'

" . . .die." Kurama said out loud, finishing his thought.

Hiei turned his head to the side and starred quizzically at Kurama. "Excuse me?"

Kurama gulped. He couldn't bring himself to tell his best friend that he might suddenly kick the bucket. (A/N: I always loved that idiom . . .)

'I won't tell him. After all, I could be wrong. It's not like I'm totally sure about this.' the kitsune thought to himself.

"Um . . . I'm going to go get something to eat. Do you want anything?" Kurama asked, standing up. Hiei shook his head, and so the kitsune exited the room.

Hiei sighed. It felt like Kurama was hiding something important from him.

"Well, I didn't get a third eye implanted for nothing." Hiei said quietly, getting out of the bed and crossing the room to reach the door. One he got there, he pulled off the white bandanna to uncover the Jagan, which was glowing a soft purple.

~+~

Downstairs, the kitsune was standing by the microwave as he heated up a small bowl of ramen for Hiei and him. Even though the currently sick youkai didn't want anything, Kurama was making him something to eat anyway.

Kurama suddenly felt himself go numb. His whole body froze, though the lids did close slightly over his blank eyes.

But then as soon the sensation had started, it stopped. Kurama stood upright again, rubbing his forehead.

"What was that?" he wondered out loud, hearing the microwave start beeping.

Kurama shrugged it off as he opened the microwave and took out the bowl of piping hot ramen. 'I'll think about it later . . .'

~*+*~

"Hiei, I brought you some food even though you said that you weren't hun-" Kurama said as he entered the room, but cut himself off as he saw the look in Hiei's eyes as he lay there on the bed.

The Jaganshi was starring up at the ceiling with his chickenpox-covered arms behind his head, a forlorn look in his normally unrevealing crimson eyes.

The kitsune set the bowl on his desk and walked over to the bed. "Hiei, is there something wrong?"

"Hn." Hiei muttered, but said nothing else.

Kurama shot a concerned look at his friend, but didn't question further. Instead, the kitsune went into the bathroom, rummaging around for something in the medical cabinet. Finally, he walked back out and over to Hiei, a bubblegum-pink bottle in his hands.

"What's that?" Hiei asked, propping himself up on his elbows.

"Calamine lotion. It'll dull the itching a bit." Kurama replied, opening the bottle and squeezing a bit of lotion into his palm. "Lie down and let me apply it."

Hiei obeyed, and held out his arm to the kitsune, who began rubbing the calamine lotion onto it. Hiei started to blush as he felt Kurama's warm hands spreading the lotion around, mentally asking himself why in the world he was embarrassed by Kurama's touch, but said nothing.

Kurama finished putting the lotion on Hiei's arms, and turned to his friend. "Take off your shirt."

Hiei immediately turned beat red. "No."

"Do you want my help or not?" the kitsune asked, sighing at Hiei's stubbornness.

"I'm not stripping in front of you, Kurama!" Hiei yelled angrily.

Now it was the kitsune's turn to blush. "NANI?!?"

The Jaganshi raised an eyebrow. "You heard me."

"I didn't mean it in that way!" Kurama objected, growling.

There was a moment of silence that ended when Hiei started smirking. "Baka fox."

Kurama then blushed deeper, embarrassed at how easily he had been tricked. However, he decided that he didn't real feel like fighting with the three- eyed youkai anymore. "I brought you some ramen." he said, handing the now slightly-cooler bowl.

"I didn't want anything." Hiei responded, sitting up once he realized that the joke was over.

"I know, but please just eat it." Kurama said, handing the bowl to Hiei who accepted it reluctantly. "I'll be in the living room on the couch if you need me, ok?"

Hiei nodded, already eating the noodles.

"Good night, Hiei." Kurama said, walking out of the room.

"'Night." came Hiei's quiet reply.

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A/N: Gomen, that was really short! ;-; I had writer's block, so sorry if it was really stupid.

Also, thanks to . . .

Rainy

zennou-sakusha

Yukii

and Katyfoxdemon2

. . . for the reviews! ^_^ You guys-and girls-are so nice, and I'm glad that you like this fic! I do too!

Also, somebody IMed me about what kind of shonen-ai this would be between Hiei and Kurama. (Why they didn't just review beats me, but I'm not them.) Well, as answer to their question, it won't really be a relationship. Mostly just hugging and stuff. oO; I don't know.

Also-also, I have no idea where to go from here. Any ideas?

~Agent Dark Moose