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Hiei walked in the direction that half human left in. He opened a few doors along the way, finding that most were empty rooms. When he walked in on another demon in the bathroom, no need to say Hiei started to knock before he entered any more rooms.
'Hn. How many rooms does Yomi have on this floor? And it wouldn't hurt if some of his cronies learned to lock the door.' Hiei thought. He finally came across the last room in the hall. 'He had better be in this room, or I'll burn this entire building down. I'm Mukuro's heir. I don't go on a stupid searching quest for a ningen.'
Hiei knocked. No answer. He tried to turn the doorknob. It was locked. 'At least one person knows the function of a lock.' It was no problem for him, he simply melted the lock. He pushed the door open.
His ruby eyes darted around the room. It was dark inside. The curtains were drawn back, but it was already nighttime, so there only source of light were from the two moons outside. Great, another empty room. All that time he spent searching for that mysterious human and it seemed like he just disappeared. Well, time to make good on his promise to himself to burn down the building.
Hiei started loosening up the bandages on his right arm. Black smoke started to emit from his arm. Just when he was about to call his dark flames, he heard a moan. Startled, he stopped his attack. He looked around the room again. There was no one there. He walked towards the window, maybe there was someone outside. He tripped over something and fell on something soft.
The fluffy material was getting on his nerves. Hiei disentangled himself from the blankets. He fell on a bed. Hiei couldn't see it in the darkness. Something shifted on the bed next to him. Hiei reached for his katana. About to unsheathe his sword, he recognized who else was in the bed.
The other person in the bed was the half human. Kurama had turned over onto his side. The moonlight was now shining on his face. Kurama's hair was spread, almost like a halo, framing his angelic face. Hiei moved off the bed. Kurama moaned again. For some reason, Hiei hoped he hadn't disturbed him.
Kurama snuggled against the pillow. He wasn't aware of it, but Hiei was watching him intently. Hiei was staring at Kurama's lips. They looked so soft and welcoming. His lips were a little parted with small breaths coming out from his mouth.
Unaware of his body's motions, Hiei started to move his face closer to Kurama. He wanted to observe him closer. His nose caught a whiff of Kurama's scent. Yes, it was like the one in the bathroom. Kurama wasn't an illusion. He was real.
Hiei lifted one of his hands and traced his finger on Kurama's face. He shivered. Hiei quickly withdrew. His hands were so cold against the human's warm skin. He had wanted to stay longer and just watch him, but Kurama started to open his eyes slowly. Afraid of being discovered, Hiei used the window as a means of escape.
Kurama shivered as he felt a cold breeze come in from the window. That was strange, he didn't remember leaving it open. How did it get open? There were wards on the windows so he couldn't escape. And there were only demons in the building.
He remembered something else, Yomi could walk in and out of the door, while the servant demons always left him things outside the doors. The wards affected them as well. Then, it hit him, the wards only worked on weaker demons, probably on C class and lower and humans. That's why his hand was burned when he tried to escape through the windows in his human form.
Yes, that meant that if he turned into the youko, he could escape! But, if he did... his mother's life would be in danger. 'But if you leave right now, you could get back to the Ningenkai before Yomi could order the demon to kill your mother.' A little voice in his head said. But could he risk it? He stared at the open window. This could be his ticket out of here, and he could possibly save his mother as well. But something else worried him. Who broke the ward in the first place? The only powerful demon around besides himself was Yomi. Surely if Yomi was there, he would have woken him up and groped him some more. So if it wasn't Yomi, that meant there were other demons around that were powerful enough to keep him imprisoned.
Kurama decided to keep his little discovery to himself. If things got really bad, Kurama knew that he could escape whenever he wanted. He'll let Yomi keep thinking that he's a weak half demon. He'll wait until Yomi has to go away before he took a chance to flee to the Ningenkai. It would take days before he could find another portal back to the Ningenkai.
Then, the door opened. Yomi was standing there with a grin on his face. 'Someday I'll wipe that stupid smile off his face.' Kurama thought.
"It's nighttime. I've just finished a conference with Mukuro's ambassadors." Yomi said. 'That's great, what do I care? The more conferences you have the more you're away from me.' Kurama thought.
"Remember our agreement?" He continued.
"Yes." Kurama answered bitterly.
"My room's a floor directly above this one. I have a few more things to work out before I go to bed. I'll expect you to be there waiting for me." He said with a perverted smile. Kurama quickly brushed passed him and marched up the stairs. He opened the door to Yomi's room.
There was a huge red bed in the center with satin pillows and silk sheets. 'Inari, it looks like a sleazy hotel room.' Kurama thought. Well, it was more like a rich sleazy room. There were huge windows and large rouge drapes. The color scheme in the room seemed to center on the shades of red. But it wasn't that out of taste. It was actually pretty nice if you weren't imprisoned there.
Kurama climbed into bed. It was a really soft bed. 'Great, I'll fall asleep in two seconds lying on this thing.' The size of the bed worried him though. Did Yomi like the spaciousness of the bed, or was he hoping to do certain activities with him that would require some room? Kurama hoped it wasn't the latter. A minute later, Kurama was asleep.
X X X X
Yomi finished a quick meeting with his henchmen and proceeded to his room. He never knew he could be this excited. He grew hard just thinking about the redhead in his bed. He quickly reached his room and locked the door. He rid himself of all his clothes and climbed into bed. His hands sought Kurama and found him asleep on the other side of the bed. Yomi pulled him close. He was disappointed that Kurama kept his clothes on.
Yomi started to grope Kurama. He woke up with a start. He roughly pushed Yomi away from him.
"I thought you weren't going to force me to do anything." Kurama said.
"Well, you're not doing anything, I am." Yomi said. He pulled Kurama close to him again and tore Kurama's clothes apart. Kurama was desperately trying to break free from his grasp. Yomi started to push Kurama underneath him and pinned his arms above his head. Kurama tried to fight back, but Yomi was obviously stronger.
Ironic, wasn't it? He was just this aggressive, if not more with his prey when he was the youko. Of course, his prey had been willing. Being a youko at heart, sex was no big thing to him. But he had promised himself that when he took the human boy's soul, he would keep his body chaste until he freed himself. But since he stayed in the boy's body, he promised that he would only give himself to someone that he loved. And this six eared youkai on top of him wasn't him.
By now, Yomi had Kurama completely void of clothes, pinned underneath him. Knowing that he couldn't hurt Yomi with his human body, he fired a huge shot of youki at Yomi. He sent him flying across the room.
Not wanting to feel violated again, Kurama took out his rose whip and aimed it at Yomi. He dodged it. He started to summon a few more plants that fixed Yomi as their target. Yomi didn't seem to fight back by sending balls of energy at them. Instead, he just dodged the plants and used his hands to try to subdue them. While Yomi dodged the plants, Kurama also attacked with his rose whip. The fighting resumed for several more hours.
X X X X
Kurama felt something soft and warm underneath himself. He was lying in a bed. More precisely, Yomi's bed. Kurama quickly got up and saw Yomi lying next to him, naked. He was in the nude too. 'NO. We didn't do anything last night!' Kurama tried to convince himself. The last thing he remembered was rushing at Yomi with is whip, when he felt completely drained of energy and passed out. 'Don't tell me he raped me when I was unconscious.' Kurama thought. Then, Yomi stirred as well. His eyes focused on Kurama.
"Great night we had." Yomi said.
"What did you do to me?"
"Don't you remember? We fought."
"I mean after I passed out." Kurama said. Yomi smirked. Kurama glared at him.
"You knew exactly what I didn't want you to do." Kurama spat. Yomi chuckled.
"Oh, fox. You're getting all worked up. Nothing happened." Kurama didn't believe him.
"I just brought you back to the bed. Our little fight tired me out. There are more ways than one in which you can thrill me. I laid down next to you after I put you on the bed." Kurama still didn't believe him.
"The fight was just a way to see how you used your powers. I'm trying to figure out what you are, how you think. I want to know all aspects of you, not just your body." Yomi said.
"If you don't trust me, you can check the sheets. There are no messes." Kurama's eyes quickly scanned the sheets. He was right, there was no mess.
"Oh Kurama. You excite me in so many ways. There's no way I can get bored of you."
"You didn't use your powers last night." Kurama mentioned.
"Of course not. What fun would that be? You'd be dead in a second and then I can't play with you anymore." Yomi pulled Kurama into his grasp again. He started to trail kisses down his neck. Kurama remained stoic and unmoving. He wouldn't let his body react to Yomi's advances. 'Maybe if I just let him take me once, he'll eventually bore of me.' Kurama thought. Yomi seemed to follow his trail of thought though.
"No reaction? That's fine with me. You can lie there and let me take you if you want. I'm sure you'll just leave me wanting more." Yomi said as his hands started to roam his body. Frustrated, Kurama pushed Yomi back harshly. Yomi chuckled.
"There's the fire in your eyes." Yomi said.
Kurama moved off and away from the bed. He glared angrily at Yomi. Was there no escape from his lecherous grasp? Yomi's eyes started to roam around Kurama's body. He looked so seductive just standing there with a loose sheet barely covering him. Yomi started getting excited again. He drew a deep breath.
"You're so seductive. Even just standing there makes me want you." Yomi commented. Then, to Kurama's surprise, he got up and walked towards the door.
"I'm going to take a shower now. If I don't cool down, I'll go after you again." He paused.
"And I'm going to remove the wards from the doors. You can roam around the building freely until I call for you. I have meetings all day. I'll post guards by the exits so you can't leave though." Taking one last glance at Kurama, Yomi then departed. Tired, Kurama collapsed onto the bed.
X X X X
Hiei was once again at the negotiations between Mukuro and Yomi's ambassadors. He couldn't remember a more boring time in his life. 'When I take over Mukuro's territory, I'll make sure to kill every rival in the Makai so I don't have to deal with these stupid meetings.' He thought. The ambassadors were at each others' throats. Seeing as the meeting had once again failed to accomplish anything, he left.
The air outside the stuffy room seemed so fresh and invigorating. He headed towards one of the artificial gardens Yomi had planted inside the building. As far as Hiei was concerned, it was a pathetic attempt by Yomi to give the building some life. Sure, it was beautiful. There were lush plants and vegetation overflowing the premises, a huge, sparkling pond in the center of the garden, and the fresh open air. But the view was the dead city of Gandara and the plant life was still. There were no animals and no youkai there. It was like a painting; beautiful, but not real.
For some reason, he had the urge to come here. He had explored the vast building when looking for Kurama and had found this little paradise. 'Why did I come here anyway? I never cared for plants before.' Then he realized why he had wanted to come here. The greens in the garden reminded him of Kurama. The leaves resembled Kurama's eyes and the flowers duplicated his smell. Hiei picked up a flower and touched a petal. It was soft and smooth, like Kurama's skin. He felt another demon enter the garden. He flitted onto the trunk of a tree.
Emerging from the plants that enshrouded the intruder was Kurama. Hiei couldn't help but notice the graceful strides of his walk. Kurama reached the pond and dipped his hand into the water.
"It's cool." Hiei heard him say. Hiei's breath caught in his chest, when he saw Kurama start taking off the sash around his waist. He then took off the outer layer of his outfit, and then stopped. Perplexed, Hiei leaned a little out of the tree he was perched on to see what stopped the human from undressing.
Suddenly, he felt danger coming from his right. He quickly jumped off and flitted to the next tree. What was this? All the tree branches seemed to be attacking him. He lost his footing when a branch he was aiming for moved and he fell onto the floor. He tried to draw his katana, but realized it was gone from his waist. His surprise left him immobile for a split second. It was enough for several vines to entwine themselves around his limbs. He fought back, but the plants had gotten a firm grim on him.
The plants brought him down to their master. Before him was Kurama. Kurama's eyes seemed to widen when he saw Hiei.
"What's this? A voyeur?" Kurama asked.
"Hn. I'm no pervert."
"Why were you watching me undress?"
"I was already here before you came. I thought you were one of Yomi's cronies, so I hid in the trees."
"And before, when you were watching me in the shower?"
"I didn't know you were in there."
"Do you always walk into rooms without knocking?"
"Hn. I was looking for something to burn. Now let me go." Kurama looked at him suspiciously.
"Now, human, before you get hurt."
"You shouldn't speak to someone who has you caught up like that." Hiei's eyes narrowed. Kurama had the sneaking suspicion that the little demon could escape if he wanted to. He ordered the plants to let him go. Hiei dropped to the ground gracefully and looked around.
"Lose something?" Kurama asked.
"Hn. My katana." Kurama called a vine to bring over the sword. The plant dropped it before Hiei.
"I had them remove it from you before they attacked you." Hiei quickly picked up the katana and fastened it onto his belt. He looked at Kurama. The human sure wasn't what he expected. He was cunning and more powerful than he thought. There were few demons who could control plants. Hiei looked down at his katana. 'Just how strong is he?' He thought. A demon who was beautiful but weak didn't interest him. Hiei wanted to test Kurama's strength.
In an instant, Hiei unsheathed his blade and aimed at Kurama's neck. Kurama saw the attack coming and back-flipped to avoid it. He reached into his hair, drew his rose, and summoned his unbreakable whip. Hiei advanced with strong and fast blows, but Kurama guarded himself well against each one. Hiei picked up the pace of his attack and attacked from different angles with his sword, but Kurama dodged each blow, although with increasing difficulty. Hiei was gaining the advantage and aimed right at his chest with his katana. He withdrew the sword, when he realized Kurama couldn't block the attack. By doing so, he ran right into Kurama and sent them tumbling on the ground. When they stopped, Hiei ended up on top of Kurama.
Hiei tried to get up by propping his arms on either side of Kurama's head. He realized the compromising position they were in. He was straddling Kurama's waist with Kurama still dazed beneath him, eyes still shut. Their clothes were a little messed up and loosened, they both were panting heavily, and a little sweaty from the fight. Hiei felt the blood rush to his cheeks.
Kurama started to open his eyes slowly. He saw Hiei on top of him, and his arms on either side of his head. He blushed and tried to pull himself up and push Hiei off of him. By doing so, Hiei's hands got entangled in his hair and they both fell back down, this time with Kurama on top. Still blushing, Kurama tried to get off him, but Hiei's hands were still caught in his ruby mane. Hiei pulled Kurama's head down and started to disentangle his fingers from his hair. After he was done, he was very conscious of Kurama's soft body atop his own.
"I'm done." Hiei said quickly. Kurama hastily got off him, face bright red. Hiei sat up, still also blushing. They sat there for a while, not looking at each other, letting their bodies cool down. Kurama was the first to speak.
"Why did you stop when you could have killed me?"
"Hn. Stupid human. I wasn't trying to kill you."
"Oh. Why did you attack me then?"
"I wanted to see how you performed."
"Were you satisfied?" Realizing what he said, Kurama blushed. Hiei looked at him with a confused expression on his face. Obviously, he didn't get the double meaning.
"Never mind." Kurama quickly said.
"Yes. You weren't as weak as I thought." Hiei got up and put his katana back in his sheath.
"That's a big sword for such a small demon." Kurama said.
"Hn. It's nothing. You should see what else I'm packing." Kurama's face turned red again. (A/N: Hiei's talking about his black dragon wave attack, not the other thing, you hentais!) Hiei thought Kurama was sick or something. Was his face always red like that? Silence ensued. Then Hiei spoke.
"What are you to Yomi?
"What do you mean?"
"I've never seen you in Gandara before."
"Oh. You could say I was trespassing."
"So then why are you still here? Shouldn't he have killed you for that?"
"No. It's complicated."
"You're his friend?" Kurama paused before answering.
"He sort of... blackmailed me into staying and being his friend." Kurama said. 'That's why my jagan didn't sense Yomi lying. Kurama isn't imprisoned, he could leave whenever he wants.' Hiei thought.
"What about you? Why are you in Gandara? Are you one of Yomi's henchmen?"
Hiei snorted. "Hell no. I'm Mukuro's heir. I'm here to make sure our kingdoms forge an alliance against Yusuke." Kurama was confused. The Makai had changed a lot since he had left. He had no idea who Mukuro and Yusuke were and how they gained so much power in the fifteen years he was gone. Hiei saw the confused look on his face.
"What kind of demon are you? Had you disappeared from the Makai for the past ten years?" Hiei asked.
"Well, yes. I've been living in the Ningenkai for fifteen years."
"You look human, but you're not."
"I am human but........." Kurama couldn't finish. He couldn't reveal he was Youko Kurama reincarnated. He was wanted in the Makai and the Reikai.
"It's complicated."
"What kind of demon are you?" Hiei asked.
"A...... fox spirit."
"Hn. Trying to be like Youko Kurama? You've adopted his name."
"How did you know that?"
"Yomi told me." Kurama hesitated.
"What did he say?"
"That the half human's name was Kurama."
"You asked about me?" Kurama felt flattered that he asked about him.
"Just why a human was in Gandara."
"Oh." Kurama had hoped he was a little interested in him.
"Hn. I've wasted enough time here." Hiei said and got up to leave.
"Wait! What's your name?" Kurama asked.
"What's it to you?"
"Well, you know my name. It's only fair I know yours."
"Hn. It's Hiei." Then he disappeared. Kurama repeated the name to himself. He liked the way it sounded on his lips. He wanted more chances to say his name again.
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Hiei walked in the direction that half human left in. He opened a few doors along the way, finding that most were empty rooms. When he walked in on another demon in the bathroom, no need to say Hiei started to knock before he entered any more rooms.
'Hn. How many rooms does Yomi have on this floor? And it wouldn't hurt if some of his cronies learned to lock the door.' Hiei thought. He finally came across the last room in the hall. 'He had better be in this room, or I'll burn this entire building down. I'm Mukuro's heir. I don't go on a stupid searching quest for a ningen.'
Hiei knocked. No answer. He tried to turn the doorknob. It was locked. 'At least one person knows the function of a lock.' It was no problem for him, he simply melted the lock. He pushed the door open.
His ruby eyes darted around the room. It was dark inside. The curtains were drawn back, but it was already nighttime, so there only source of light were from the two moons outside. Great, another empty room. All that time he spent searching for that mysterious human and it seemed like he just disappeared. Well, time to make good on his promise to himself to burn down the building.
Hiei started loosening up the bandages on his right arm. Black smoke started to emit from his arm. Just when he was about to call his dark flames, he heard a moan. Startled, he stopped his attack. He looked around the room again. There was no one there. He walked towards the window, maybe there was someone outside. He tripped over something and fell on something soft.
The fluffy material was getting on his nerves. Hiei disentangled himself from the blankets. He fell on a bed. Hiei couldn't see it in the darkness. Something shifted on the bed next to him. Hiei reached for his katana. About to unsheathe his sword, he recognized who else was in the bed.
The other person in the bed was the half human. Kurama had turned over onto his side. The moonlight was now shining on his face. Kurama's hair was spread, almost like a halo, framing his angelic face. Hiei moved off the bed. Kurama moaned again. For some reason, Hiei hoped he hadn't disturbed him.
Kurama snuggled against the pillow. He wasn't aware of it, but Hiei was watching him intently. Hiei was staring at Kurama's lips. They looked so soft and welcoming. His lips were a little parted with small breaths coming out from his mouth.
Unaware of his body's motions, Hiei started to move his face closer to Kurama. He wanted to observe him closer. His nose caught a whiff of Kurama's scent. Yes, it was like the one in the bathroom. Kurama wasn't an illusion. He was real.
Hiei lifted one of his hands and traced his finger on Kurama's face. He shivered. Hiei quickly withdrew. His hands were so cold against the human's warm skin. He had wanted to stay longer and just watch him, but Kurama started to open his eyes slowly. Afraid of being discovered, Hiei used the window as a means of escape.
Kurama shivered as he felt a cold breeze come in from the window. That was strange, he didn't remember leaving it open. How did it get open? There were wards on the windows so he couldn't escape. And there were only demons in the building.
He remembered something else, Yomi could walk in and out of the door, while the servant demons always left him things outside the doors. The wards affected them as well. Then, it hit him, the wards only worked on weaker demons, probably on C class and lower and humans. That's why his hand was burned when he tried to escape through the windows in his human form.
Yes, that meant that if he turned into the youko, he could escape! But, if he did... his mother's life would be in danger. 'But if you leave right now, you could get back to the Ningenkai before Yomi could order the demon to kill your mother.' A little voice in his head said. But could he risk it? He stared at the open window. This could be his ticket out of here, and he could possibly save his mother as well. But something else worried him. Who broke the ward in the first place? The only powerful demon around besides himself was Yomi. Surely if Yomi was there, he would have woken him up and groped him some more. So if it wasn't Yomi, that meant there were other demons around that were powerful enough to keep him imprisoned.
Kurama decided to keep his little discovery to himself. If things got really bad, Kurama knew that he could escape whenever he wanted. He'll let Yomi keep thinking that he's a weak half demon. He'll wait until Yomi has to go away before he took a chance to flee to the Ningenkai. It would take days before he could find another portal back to the Ningenkai.
Then, the door opened. Yomi was standing there with a grin on his face. 'Someday I'll wipe that stupid smile off his face.' Kurama thought.
"It's nighttime. I've just finished a conference with Mukuro's ambassadors." Yomi said. 'That's great, what do I care? The more conferences you have the more you're away from me.' Kurama thought.
"Remember our agreement?" He continued.
"Yes." Kurama answered bitterly.
"My room's a floor directly above this one. I have a few more things to work out before I go to bed. I'll expect you to be there waiting for me." He said with a perverted smile. Kurama quickly brushed passed him and marched up the stairs. He opened the door to Yomi's room.
There was a huge red bed in the center with satin pillows and silk sheets. 'Inari, it looks like a sleazy hotel room.' Kurama thought. Well, it was more like a rich sleazy room. There were huge windows and large rouge drapes. The color scheme in the room seemed to center on the shades of red. But it wasn't that out of taste. It was actually pretty nice if you weren't imprisoned there.
Kurama climbed into bed. It was a really soft bed. 'Great, I'll fall asleep in two seconds lying on this thing.' The size of the bed worried him though. Did Yomi like the spaciousness of the bed, or was he hoping to do certain activities with him that would require some room? Kurama hoped it wasn't the latter. A minute later, Kurama was asleep.
X X X X
Yomi finished a quick meeting with his henchmen and proceeded to his room. He never knew he could be this excited. He grew hard just thinking about the redhead in his bed. He quickly reached his room and locked the door. He rid himself of all his clothes and climbed into bed. His hands sought Kurama and found him asleep on the other side of the bed. Yomi pulled him close. He was disappointed that Kurama kept his clothes on.
Yomi started to grope Kurama. He woke up with a start. He roughly pushed Yomi away from him.
"I thought you weren't going to force me to do anything." Kurama said.
"Well, you're not doing anything, I am." Yomi said. He pulled Kurama close to him again and tore Kurama's clothes apart. Kurama was desperately trying to break free from his grasp. Yomi started to push Kurama underneath him and pinned his arms above his head. Kurama tried to fight back, but Yomi was obviously stronger.
Ironic, wasn't it? He was just this aggressive, if not more with his prey when he was the youko. Of course, his prey had been willing. Being a youko at heart, sex was no big thing to him. But he had promised himself that when he took the human boy's soul, he would keep his body chaste until he freed himself. But since he stayed in the boy's body, he promised that he would only give himself to someone that he loved. And this six eared youkai on top of him wasn't him.
By now, Yomi had Kurama completely void of clothes, pinned underneath him. Knowing that he couldn't hurt Yomi with his human body, he fired a huge shot of youki at Yomi. He sent him flying across the room.
Not wanting to feel violated again, Kurama took out his rose whip and aimed it at Yomi. He dodged it. He started to summon a few more plants that fixed Yomi as their target. Yomi didn't seem to fight back by sending balls of energy at them. Instead, he just dodged the plants and used his hands to try to subdue them. While Yomi dodged the plants, Kurama also attacked with his rose whip. The fighting resumed for several more hours.
X X X X
Kurama felt something soft and warm underneath himself. He was lying in a bed. More precisely, Yomi's bed. Kurama quickly got up and saw Yomi lying next to him, naked. He was in the nude too. 'NO. We didn't do anything last night!' Kurama tried to convince himself. The last thing he remembered was rushing at Yomi with is whip, when he felt completely drained of energy and passed out. 'Don't tell me he raped me when I was unconscious.' Kurama thought. Then, Yomi stirred as well. His eyes focused on Kurama.
"Great night we had." Yomi said.
"What did you do to me?"
"Don't you remember? We fought."
"I mean after I passed out." Kurama said. Yomi smirked. Kurama glared at him.
"You knew exactly what I didn't want you to do." Kurama spat. Yomi chuckled.
"Oh, fox. You're getting all worked up. Nothing happened." Kurama didn't believe him.
"I just brought you back to the bed. Our little fight tired me out. There are more ways than one in which you can thrill me. I laid down next to you after I put you on the bed." Kurama still didn't believe him.
"The fight was just a way to see how you used your powers. I'm trying to figure out what you are, how you think. I want to know all aspects of you, not just your body." Yomi said.
"If you don't trust me, you can check the sheets. There are no messes." Kurama's eyes quickly scanned the sheets. He was right, there was no mess.
"Oh Kurama. You excite me in so many ways. There's no way I can get bored of you."
"You didn't use your powers last night." Kurama mentioned.
"Of course not. What fun would that be? You'd be dead in a second and then I can't play with you anymore." Yomi pulled Kurama into his grasp again. He started to trail kisses down his neck. Kurama remained stoic and unmoving. He wouldn't let his body react to Yomi's advances. 'Maybe if I just let him take me once, he'll eventually bore of me.' Kurama thought. Yomi seemed to follow his trail of thought though.
"No reaction? That's fine with me. You can lie there and let me take you if you want. I'm sure you'll just leave me wanting more." Yomi said as his hands started to roam his body. Frustrated, Kurama pushed Yomi back harshly. Yomi chuckled.
"There's the fire in your eyes." Yomi said.
Kurama moved off and away from the bed. He glared angrily at Yomi. Was there no escape from his lecherous grasp? Yomi's eyes started to roam around Kurama's body. He looked so seductive just standing there with a loose sheet barely covering him. Yomi started getting excited again. He drew a deep breath.
"You're so seductive. Even just standing there makes me want you." Yomi commented. Then, to Kurama's surprise, he got up and walked towards the door.
"I'm going to take a shower now. If I don't cool down, I'll go after you again." He paused.
"And I'm going to remove the wards from the doors. You can roam around the building freely until I call for you. I have meetings all day. I'll post guards by the exits so you can't leave though." Taking one last glance at Kurama, Yomi then departed. Tired, Kurama collapsed onto the bed.
X X X X
Hiei was once again at the negotiations between Mukuro and Yomi's ambassadors. He couldn't remember a more boring time in his life. 'When I take over Mukuro's territory, I'll make sure to kill every rival in the Makai so I don't have to deal with these stupid meetings.' He thought. The ambassadors were at each others' throats. Seeing as the meeting had once again failed to accomplish anything, he left.
The air outside the stuffy room seemed so fresh and invigorating. He headed towards one of the artificial gardens Yomi had planted inside the building. As far as Hiei was concerned, it was a pathetic attempt by Yomi to give the building some life. Sure, it was beautiful. There were lush plants and vegetation overflowing the premises, a huge, sparkling pond in the center of the garden, and the fresh open air. But the view was the dead city of Gandara and the plant life was still. There were no animals and no youkai there. It was like a painting; beautiful, but not real.
For some reason, he had the urge to come here. He had explored the vast building when looking for Kurama and had found this little paradise. 'Why did I come here anyway? I never cared for plants before.' Then he realized why he had wanted to come here. The greens in the garden reminded him of Kurama. The leaves resembled Kurama's eyes and the flowers duplicated his smell. Hiei picked up a flower and touched a petal. It was soft and smooth, like Kurama's skin. He felt another demon enter the garden. He flitted onto the trunk of a tree.
Emerging from the plants that enshrouded the intruder was Kurama. Hiei couldn't help but notice the graceful strides of his walk. Kurama reached the pond and dipped his hand into the water.
"It's cool." Hiei heard him say. Hiei's breath caught in his chest, when he saw Kurama start taking off the sash around his waist. He then took off the outer layer of his outfit, and then stopped. Perplexed, Hiei leaned a little out of the tree he was perched on to see what stopped the human from undressing.
Suddenly, he felt danger coming from his right. He quickly jumped off and flitted to the next tree. What was this? All the tree branches seemed to be attacking him. He lost his footing when a branch he was aiming for moved and he fell onto the floor. He tried to draw his katana, but realized it was gone from his waist. His surprise left him immobile for a split second. It was enough for several vines to entwine themselves around his limbs. He fought back, but the plants had gotten a firm grim on him.
The plants brought him down to their master. Before him was Kurama. Kurama's eyes seemed to widen when he saw Hiei.
"What's this? A voyeur?" Kurama asked.
"Hn. I'm no pervert."
"Why were you watching me undress?"
"I was already here before you came. I thought you were one of Yomi's cronies, so I hid in the trees."
"And before, when you were watching me in the shower?"
"I didn't know you were in there."
"Do you always walk into rooms without knocking?"
"Hn. I was looking for something to burn. Now let me go." Kurama looked at him suspiciously.
"Now, human, before you get hurt."
"You shouldn't speak to someone who has you caught up like that." Hiei's eyes narrowed. Kurama had the sneaking suspicion that the little demon could escape if he wanted to. He ordered the plants to let him go. Hiei dropped to the ground gracefully and looked around.
"Lose something?" Kurama asked.
"Hn. My katana." Kurama called a vine to bring over the sword. The plant dropped it before Hiei.
"I had them remove it from you before they attacked you." Hiei quickly picked up the katana and fastened it onto his belt. He looked at Kurama. The human sure wasn't what he expected. He was cunning and more powerful than he thought. There were few demons who could control plants. Hiei looked down at his katana. 'Just how strong is he?' He thought. A demon who was beautiful but weak didn't interest him. Hiei wanted to test Kurama's strength.
In an instant, Hiei unsheathed his blade and aimed at Kurama's neck. Kurama saw the attack coming and back-flipped to avoid it. He reached into his hair, drew his rose, and summoned his unbreakable whip. Hiei advanced with strong and fast blows, but Kurama guarded himself well against each one. Hiei picked up the pace of his attack and attacked from different angles with his sword, but Kurama dodged each blow, although with increasing difficulty. Hiei was gaining the advantage and aimed right at his chest with his katana. He withdrew the sword, when he realized Kurama couldn't block the attack. By doing so, he ran right into Kurama and sent them tumbling on the ground. When they stopped, Hiei ended up on top of Kurama.
Hiei tried to get up by propping his arms on either side of Kurama's head. He realized the compromising position they were in. He was straddling Kurama's waist with Kurama still dazed beneath him, eyes still shut. Their clothes were a little messed up and loosened, they both were panting heavily, and a little sweaty from the fight. Hiei felt the blood rush to his cheeks.
Kurama started to open his eyes slowly. He saw Hiei on top of him, and his arms on either side of his head. He blushed and tried to pull himself up and push Hiei off of him. By doing so, Hiei's hands got entangled in his hair and they both fell back down, this time with Kurama on top. Still blushing, Kurama tried to get off him, but Hiei's hands were still caught in his ruby mane. Hiei pulled Kurama's head down and started to disentangle his fingers from his hair. After he was done, he was very conscious of Kurama's soft body atop his own.
"I'm done." Hiei said quickly. Kurama hastily got off him, face bright red. Hiei sat up, still also blushing. They sat there for a while, not looking at each other, letting their bodies cool down. Kurama was the first to speak.
"Why did you stop when you could have killed me?"
"Hn. Stupid human. I wasn't trying to kill you."
"Oh. Why did you attack me then?"
"I wanted to see how you performed."
"Were you satisfied?" Realizing what he said, Kurama blushed. Hiei looked at him with a confused expression on his face. Obviously, he didn't get the double meaning.
"Never mind." Kurama quickly said.
"Yes. You weren't as weak as I thought." Hiei got up and put his katana back in his sheath.
"That's a big sword for such a small demon." Kurama said.
"Hn. It's nothing. You should see what else I'm packing." Kurama's face turned red again. (A/N: Hiei's talking about his black dragon wave attack, not the other thing, you hentais!) Hiei thought Kurama was sick or something. Was his face always red like that? Silence ensued. Then Hiei spoke.
"What are you to Yomi?
"What do you mean?"
"I've never seen you in Gandara before."
"Oh. You could say I was trespassing."
"So then why are you still here? Shouldn't he have killed you for that?"
"No. It's complicated."
"You're his friend?" Kurama paused before answering.
"He sort of... blackmailed me into staying and being his friend." Kurama said. 'That's why my jagan didn't sense Yomi lying. Kurama isn't imprisoned, he could leave whenever he wants.' Hiei thought.
"What about you? Why are you in Gandara? Are you one of Yomi's henchmen?"
Hiei snorted. "Hell no. I'm Mukuro's heir. I'm here to make sure our kingdoms forge an alliance against Yusuke." Kurama was confused. The Makai had changed a lot since he had left. He had no idea who Mukuro and Yusuke were and how they gained so much power in the fifteen years he was gone. Hiei saw the confused look on his face.
"What kind of demon are you? Had you disappeared from the Makai for the past ten years?" Hiei asked.
"Well, yes. I've been living in the Ningenkai for fifteen years."
"You look human, but you're not."
"I am human but........." Kurama couldn't finish. He couldn't reveal he was Youko Kurama reincarnated. He was wanted in the Makai and the Reikai.
"It's complicated."
"What kind of demon are you?" Hiei asked.
"A...... fox spirit."
"Hn. Trying to be like Youko Kurama? You've adopted his name."
"How did you know that?"
"Yomi told me." Kurama hesitated.
"What did he say?"
"That the half human's name was Kurama."
"You asked about me?" Kurama felt flattered that he asked about him.
"Just why a human was in Gandara."
"Oh." Kurama had hoped he was a little interested in him.
"Hn. I've wasted enough time here." Hiei said and got up to leave.
"Wait! What's your name?" Kurama asked.
"What's it to you?"
"Well, you know my name. It's only fair I know yours."
"Hn. It's Hiei." Then he disappeared. Kurama repeated the name to himself. He liked the way it sounded on his lips. He wanted more chances to say his name again.
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