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 Four: Fight

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From the Top: I'd just like to give special thanks to Baka Gothic Kitsune and RinRin-chan for giving me a great idea for this chapter, even though Hiei doesn't actually get in the bath. I wanted him to, but my mind and ideas just sort of . . . veered off from it. ^^; Without you, this chapter wouldn't have come out this soon!

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~The Next Day: 10:23 pm~

Kurama walked into his room to check on Hiei, but saw with a surprise that his friend was itching himself madly. The fox immediately dashed over to the bedside.

"Hiei, you know that you're not supposed to itch those!" Kurama yelled.

"But it itches so much!" Hiei practically whined, and Kurama had to resist the urge to laugh out loud.

Kurama thought for a minute while he held Hiei's arms so that he couldn't itch himself. "I got it!"

Hiei blinked. "Got what?"

"When I had the chickenpox when I was six, my kasaan gave me an oatmeal bath! [1]" the kitsune said happily.

One again, Hiei blinked. "What the hell is oatmeal?"

Kurama glared a bit. "You know that I don't like you swearing, Hiei."

Hiei starred at his friend. "You never told me that before."

The red-head shrugged. "I just don't like it, ok?"

The three-eyed youkai nodded. "Ok, I'll stop."

Kurama grinned. "Well, oatmeal is this ningen breakfast food that's incredibly sticky and smelly. It helps the itching go down, though."

Hiei glared at Kurama. "There is no way in I will bathe in some fu-"

Kurama narrowed his eyes slightly, and Hiei quickly caught himself.

". . . foolish ningen food." he finished.

Kurama sighed. He knew this was going to be a lot harder than he thought. "Come on, Hiei, just for a couple minutes."

Hiei shook his head. "No, I know that I'll regret it if I say yes."

The kitsune suddenly had a flashback of how deadly this disease could be for Hiei, and Kurama immediately knew that he had to do everything in his power to heal his friend.

Kurama stood up and looked at Hiei with a determined look in his eyes. "You're going to take an oatmeal bath and that's final." he said, aware that he sounded a lot like his mother did when he had the chickenpox.

Hiei was taken aback a bit. Normally Kurama wouldn't 'boss him around', if you could call it that. "Hn."

Kurama smiled as Hiei got out of the bed. "Do you need me to-?"

Hiei instantly shot a fiery glare at the fox. "I don't know what in the three worlds is going through your mind, Kurama, but under NO circumstances will I let you bathe me!"

Kurama took a step back instinctively. "Gomen, Hiei, I just wanted to help . . ."

"Well you know what, fox? I am SICK of you babying me around! Even though I might die from it, it's just an illness! For the love of Makai, Kurama, just stop!" Hiei yelled.

Now it was Kurama's turn to get angry. "I try and help you and you yell at me?!? What kind of friend are you?!?" he screamed back, instantly regretting what he said.

"Obviously, not one of yours." Hiei muttered, before blurring back to the bed. He grabbed his cloak, and then opened the window. Before he jumped out of it, he gave one last glance at Kurama, whose eyes were watering more by the minute.

"Wait, Hiei, I . . ."

But he was already gone.

A couple minutes of silence passed, ending when Kurama slumped to the ground, his eyes still fixed on the window where Hiei had been a short while ago.

"What have I done . . .?"

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Hiei sighed as he leaned against the trunk of the tree in which he sat. He was extremely angry at himself, and was currently yelling at himself.

'You had no right to do that to Kurama. He's only been watching out for you. Why in hell would you yell at him for doing that?'

'So what, he makes you feel a bit weak on the inside, that's no right to hurt him so badly.'

'He only said that to you because you were yelling at him.'

"And what he said was true . . ." Hiei mumbled to himself out loud. "What kind of friend am I?"

Hiei stood up, his cloak blowing a bit in the breeze. 'I have to go back and . . . apologize to Kurama.'

Immediately after that, Hiei flitted off towards the Minamino residence.

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'Why did you say that to him?!?' Kurama yelled to himself mentally, ignoring the tears that fell from his eyes while he punched a tightly- packed pillow. The fox would be punching the wall, but his kasaan would be extremely angry if he dented it, which was highly a possibility.

'You know how Hiei is; he's got a very high pride, and being babied by you would hurt it!' Another punch landed in the pillow, and Kurama thought he heard the sound of tearing threads.

'He was your friend! How dare you say that to him!' Now Kurama was sure that he heard a tearing noise.

'You make me sick, you idiotic baka with no regards as to the feelings of other people! I can't believe I have to be your conscience, you fu-' The pillow suddenly burst, throwing millions of beautiful white goose feathers around Kurama's room.

The kitsune fell back onto the bed which was recently occupied by Hiei. Kurama curled up into a ball, pulling the covers over him, and promptly cried himself to sleep.

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A/N: Sorry that there was a lot of angst-type stuff in this chapter. And it was really bad, too. o.o;

[1] = I know that this sentence makes Kurama sound like he's a little kid again. XD

[2] = I had half a mind to end the chapter here, you know. But I'm kind, so I continued on. ^^;

~Agent Dark Moose