Replies to some reviews:

Liz- Well… let's see… K4r4s0, Kur4m4, H131… and for LOTR… Fr0d0… and… I think that's really just it…

Kurama:  30w1n?

Hmm… maybe (these rants were shortened cuz some people have complained… ;)

Starr Dust- Once again I agree with you!  Sam rules! 

Kurama:  He's an overweight hobbit…

Frodo, Gamgee X, and Gabbi:  NO HE'S NOT!

Kurama:  Whatever… fangirls… fanboys… same diff…

Minna:  *huffs*

Aya- You have made a good point!  I was waiting for someone to notice this!  I am so glad you did! The FK pic sounds cool!  I can't wait to see it!

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Kurama ½:  Karasu's Girl

Chapter 19:  Too Much to Do!

            Kurama yawned, still in male form.  He was wiped from school.  He curled up on the couch and fell asleep.

            Shiori and Hiei watched him.  "Poor Kurama…" Shiori whispered.

            Hiei sighed.  "He's just tired…"

            Shiori took a blanket and wrapped it around him.  "Poor Ku-Chan… he looks exausted…"

            "It's just a shock from going back to that… nothing else…" Hiei said confidently.

            Shiori looked at him, concerned still.  "It is a little stressful… Hiei, I wish I could help him somehow…"

            "I want to, too…" Hiei sighed.  "But I am not a woman… I can't do anything, really…"

            "I know… and neither can I…" Shiori started to walk to Yuuki and Yuri's room.  She cradled Yuuki.  "Oh… they were just born at the wrong time…"

            "You can't blame it on them," Hiei said, "They didn't choose to come…"

            Hiei felt very personal about this topic, considering his upbringing.

            "…It's not their fault…"

            "You're right.  I know that…" she stared at Yuuki idly.  "They didn't mean to do anything… they just came…"

            "Right," Hiei said.  "They couldn't help it… no one can… to be born, I mean…"

            "Right," Shiori nodded.  "I forgot how you feel about this topic…"

            Hiei looked down at Yuri, who was fast asleep.  He took her blanket and pulled it closer to her chin.  Yuri yawned in her sleep. 

            Hiei looked at Shiori.  "I'm going to be back…"

            He bolted.

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            Hiei ran to Koenma's office.  "Koenma!  Where are you?!"

            Koenma spun on his chair.  "Why, Hiei, I don't think the last time we talked was way before the kits were born…"

            "I know," Hiei stood straight, staring at him.

            "What's wrong?" Koenma asked.  "You look mad…"

            "I am.  You don't suppose that Botan can help us at all?"

            "What do you mean?" Koenma asked.

            "Kurama's going to drop dead at this rate… he just can't juggle the kits and the school…"

            "Why does he have to go to school?  Isn't he smart enough to not go…"

            Hiei sighed.  "That's why I hate Kurama… he has sick reasons backing up his beliefs… and he always seems right…"

            "I can't have Botan help," Koenma said.  "She is the Grim Reaper…"

            "I knew it," Hiei sighed.  He ran off.

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            "Ugh…" Kurama moaned, falling asleep instantly everyday for the next week. 

            Hiei watched, concerned.  Once again, he could do nothing.  He hated this.  He could never help Kurama because of his gender!  Never!

            "There has to be an easier way!" Hiei whispered.  "But what?"

            Kurama was able to survive the last half of the school year and summer came.  Yuuki and Yuri were crawling around, making noises that didn't seem to make sense to anyone except themselves.  Kurama spent hours trying to figure it out, but nothing worked.

            One day Hiei decided to go to the park to get a breath of air.  He just walked down the cement path, allowing people to stare at him, in full gear, in the summer sun.

(A/N: I can't help it… I have been freezing my ass off for too long!)

            "Hey, Hiei," a voice whispered.

            Hiei turned his head.  Karasu sat on a bench with a sketchpad.

            "Karasu…" Hiei whispered.

            "Sit down…" Karasu patted the space next to him.  "Come now…"           

            Hiei sat down, ready to bolt if the crow got close.

            "How's Kurama?" Karasu asked, taking his pencil and continuing his sketch.

            "…Huh?  Oh… he's tired…" Hiei whispered.  "Exhausted.  And he only has about 2 weeks to recover because of his stupid summer break!"

(A/N:  Gomen, I don't know how long a summer break is in Japan… I know they have a month or so when it gets nice… and like, a day off every two weeks cuz of all their holidays… @.@)

            "Too bad we can't do anything…"

            "Do anything?!" Hiei yelled.  "Who're you to talk?!  You started all of this!"

            Hiei looked at his sketch.  It was of the woman sitting, reading a book across from them.

            It was drawn well.

            "Aaah… that's nice…" Hiei wanted to vomit after he said that.  Commenting Karasu!

            "Oh… it's just a talent I knew I never had… hey, can you draw?"

            Hiei blushed.  "Never tried…"

            "Of course… drawing is too much of a calm activity for you… slashing up demons like some man of a fairy tale…"

            "Oh, and raping innocent men is not?!"

            Karasu laughed.  "I can't take back what I did… there is no need to hold the past against me… people change… I mean… you were given a second chance…"

            "I didn't rape anyone!"

            "But you killed.  You know, Nigens preach on how bad that is…"

            "So is rape!  Bakayaro!  Get this in your head; YOU ARE A SICK PERVERT!"

            "And you are HOMICIDAL!"

            "Oh gee… I didn't know you knew such a big word!"

            "At least I don't go off sulking every time something bad happens!"

            "You wanna fight, Crow?!"

            Hiei tackled him with all his might and they slammed to the ground.

            People… ahem… stared…

            "YOU MORON!"

            "PUNK!"

            "I'M A PUNK NOW?!"

            "YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS THAT I GOT FIRST CRACK AT FK!"

            "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  TAKE THAT BACK, PERV!"

            They were… really pathetic compared to what they usually do… fighting-wise… they looked like teenagers fighting over a girl.

            People started to laugh a little… and laugh…

            "Hiei!  Karasu!" FK ran up to them.  "Maa Maa!  Stop doing that!"

            Hiei was about to slam Karasu's head to the pavement.  "Uh… fine…"

            He got up.  "I was going to win."

            "Not on your life…" Karasu snapped.

            Kurama sighed.  "Come on, Hiei…"

            She took him by the collar and like a little puppy, dragged home out of the park.

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            "Hiei!  You can't kill Karasu!  As much as I hate to admit it, he is still Yuuki and Yuri's father!" FK moaned.  "I really don't want to explain that you killed him… please…"

            "FK…" Hiei groaned.  "Please don't tell me you have feelings for him, do you?"

            "No…" FK said, not looking at him.  "No… I don't love him… but I have to keep him alive… I can't avoid the fact he was their sire… understand, Hiei…"

            "Fine," Hiei sighed.  "FK, stop stressing yourself… I'm fine, really…"

            FK sighed and stared at Yuuki and Yuri's room.  "Okay…"

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I think next chapter will be the last, for it will open the sequel pretty good… review!

Peace, Love, and Guys that look like Girls,

Gabbi:  Queen of Kurama Torture

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