Kurama sat up quickly to his mother's voice. "Shuchi, breakfast is ready, and you are going to be late!"
"Damn..." He said rubbing his eyes. She was right; he was going to be late. Kurama rushed out of bed quickly and changed from his night clothing into his school uniform. He already knew it was going to be one of those days, and he hadn't finished his homework on top of being late. He crossed his room to his desk grabbing his books as his eyes caught the tree standing there in all its beauty outside the window. However to Kurama that beauty had been tainted. It was no longer the same tree. He could no longer look at it with the same happiness as he once had.
Kurama turned away. 'Hiei isn't worth the tears' he thought closing the door to his room behind him, feeling as though closing the door closed a part of his life and in some way it had.
"Shuchi, you slept in late. That is unlike you. Did that dream keep you up all night?"
Shuchi wondered what his mother was talking about but then remember what he had told her. "No, I just haven't slept well the past few nights."
"Oh, I am very sorry to hear that." Shuchi's mother said calmly as she took another bite of her toast. "I missed seeing that boy here yesterday. Hiei right?" Kurama cleared his throat and nodded. He forgot his mother didn't know about their secret love life in his room while she was asleep. Their nights of passion, or as Hiei called it, his release. To her he was just Kurama's closest friend from school, and nothing more, but he was so much more and just the thought made Kurama cringe.
"Yes, well he probably wont be around here all that often in the times to come."
"Why? Kurama did you two get into a fight? Is that why you are not sleeping well?"
Kurama shook his head, 'if only you knew.' "No mother, he just has moved that's all."
The woman let out a concerning breath. "Well that is good to know. I was worried that you and he were in some sort of fight. As long as you have been going to high school the two of you have been friends."
Shuchi smiled. "Do not worry mother. Things will be okay." But as he said those words he knew deep inside nothing was going to turn out 'okay'. It wasn't the fact that Hiei had left, because Kurama knew Hiei all to well. Hiei was afraid of getting attached. He was afraid of meaning something to some one. For this reason alone he still hadn't told Yukina that he was her brother. And for this reason Hiei left, but to act like Kurama meant nothing to him is was really killed Kurama. Kurama believed that he had meant more, but Hiei just acted like he usually did and gave no emotion or even look as though something was wrong.
Kurama raced to finish his breakfast. As much as he loved his mother he wanted to get as far away from this conversation as he possibly could. He kissed his mother on the top of her head and walked out, briskly making his way to school.
Hiei, how could Hiei do this to him? How could Hiei act as though what they had was nothing! It didn't make sense to Kurama. He had always believed that Hiei had kept his feelings hidden. Begin a demon it was safe for two of the same gender to 'release stress' as they pretended, but the moments in which it was happening was nothing short of passion, it was nothing short of real love.
Kurama started to feel his eyes swell with tears but quickly blinked them away. As he thought to himself before, Hiei was not worth the tears. However as Kurama made his way to school he knew it was all denial. Hiei was much more to him, and he was worth the tears, well worth the tears.
Kurama wanted at this moment to feel the fire demon's grip around him and tell him that things would be okay, and hold him close lying in bed listening to the sweet sound of the rain hitting the roof. It wasn't going to happen. He was going to have to move on. He was going to have to just forget about Hiei as hard as it was going to be. But how could he forget about the one demon who knew his secret and treated him still like a demon while in human form? How could he forget about the only person who never judged him and cared about him for who he was? How could he just let Hiei go with out a fight?
"Poor little fox. Nowhere to run? Nowhere to hid?"
Kurama didn't have to look up to know who it was. Karasu. Kurama felt the shiver run down his spine and rubbed his arm to get rid of the goose bumps. "What do you want from me Karasu? I am not in any mood."
"Of course, of course. But now the poor fox stands here out in the open with nowhere to run and nowhere to hid, like sitting duck, if you'll excuse the expression." Kurama knew just by looking at the dark haired man that he was smiling broadly under his mask. "You are finally mine Youko Kurama."
Kurama dropped his book bag and gathered himself into a fighting stance. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Karasu chuckled lightly at the fox's sudden move. "Youko Kurama, or are you going by Shuchi these days? All the same, you are finally mine. When I fought you at the dark tournament, I knew then how much I really wanted you. But standing behind you was the sorry excuse of a demon. A traderous being, and I knew I couldn't touch you. I couldn't have you. However circumstances change and now at this moment I can claim you as my own."
"What are you getting at? What circumstances are you talking about?"
Karasu let out a laugh in sheer delight. The cunning and clever Fox had no idea what was in store for him. He had no idea what he was into. And this made the vampire smile even more with glee. "Poor little fox, you don't like being out of the loop."
"I have grown in strength Karasu, physically and mentally. After our last encounter I knew I would be seeing you again."
"I wouldn't have it any other way Kurama. Not any other way." Karasu finally pulled his hands from his leather pants. His nails grew in length, as the earth surrounding Kurama suddenly changed into a world where gravity held no bounds, where the trees no longer existed, and the fresh smell of grass became decay.
Kurama felt the air around him chill and his body became suddenly stiff. His feet and arms no longer moved as their host commanded. Kurama's eyes shot around in fear. He was stuck in this position, and he was completely at Karasu's will. "Karasu!"
"You don't think I wouldn't train as well do you Fox? I saw your powers exceed my own, and I spent a year training past that point, and here I am to claim my prize."
"What do you want from me?"
"Isn't is obvious Youko? I want you. And thanks to Hiei you are all mine!"
Kurama heard the loud shriek of laughter run throughout his mind. His brain began to pulse in pain but there was nothing he could to do turn it off. It was too loud to turn off; it was digging at his mind. He felt the warmth of his blood running from his nose and ears. His body and mind finally gave out and his eyes rolled into the back of his head and his body fell to the groundless world. The last picture running through his head was Hiei's smile.
"Damn..." He said rubbing his eyes. She was right; he was going to be late. Kurama rushed out of bed quickly and changed from his night clothing into his school uniform. He already knew it was going to be one of those days, and he hadn't finished his homework on top of being late. He crossed his room to his desk grabbing his books as his eyes caught the tree standing there in all its beauty outside the window. However to Kurama that beauty had been tainted. It was no longer the same tree. He could no longer look at it with the same happiness as he once had.
Kurama turned away. 'Hiei isn't worth the tears' he thought closing the door to his room behind him, feeling as though closing the door closed a part of his life and in some way it had.
"Shuchi, you slept in late. That is unlike you. Did that dream keep you up all night?"
Shuchi wondered what his mother was talking about but then remember what he had told her. "No, I just haven't slept well the past few nights."
"Oh, I am very sorry to hear that." Shuchi's mother said calmly as she took another bite of her toast. "I missed seeing that boy here yesterday. Hiei right?" Kurama cleared his throat and nodded. He forgot his mother didn't know about their secret love life in his room while she was asleep. Their nights of passion, or as Hiei called it, his release. To her he was just Kurama's closest friend from school, and nothing more, but he was so much more and just the thought made Kurama cringe.
"Yes, well he probably wont be around here all that often in the times to come."
"Why? Kurama did you two get into a fight? Is that why you are not sleeping well?"
Kurama shook his head, 'if only you knew.' "No mother, he just has moved that's all."
The woman let out a concerning breath. "Well that is good to know. I was worried that you and he were in some sort of fight. As long as you have been going to high school the two of you have been friends."
Shuchi smiled. "Do not worry mother. Things will be okay." But as he said those words he knew deep inside nothing was going to turn out 'okay'. It wasn't the fact that Hiei had left, because Kurama knew Hiei all to well. Hiei was afraid of getting attached. He was afraid of meaning something to some one. For this reason alone he still hadn't told Yukina that he was her brother. And for this reason Hiei left, but to act like Kurama meant nothing to him is was really killed Kurama. Kurama believed that he had meant more, but Hiei just acted like he usually did and gave no emotion or even look as though something was wrong.
Kurama raced to finish his breakfast. As much as he loved his mother he wanted to get as far away from this conversation as he possibly could. He kissed his mother on the top of her head and walked out, briskly making his way to school.
Hiei, how could Hiei do this to him? How could Hiei act as though what they had was nothing! It didn't make sense to Kurama. He had always believed that Hiei had kept his feelings hidden. Begin a demon it was safe for two of the same gender to 'release stress' as they pretended, but the moments in which it was happening was nothing short of passion, it was nothing short of real love.
Kurama started to feel his eyes swell with tears but quickly blinked them away. As he thought to himself before, Hiei was not worth the tears. However as Kurama made his way to school he knew it was all denial. Hiei was much more to him, and he was worth the tears, well worth the tears.
Kurama wanted at this moment to feel the fire demon's grip around him and tell him that things would be okay, and hold him close lying in bed listening to the sweet sound of the rain hitting the roof. It wasn't going to happen. He was going to have to move on. He was going to have to just forget about Hiei as hard as it was going to be. But how could he forget about the one demon who knew his secret and treated him still like a demon while in human form? How could he forget about the only person who never judged him and cared about him for who he was? How could he just let Hiei go with out a fight?
"Poor little fox. Nowhere to run? Nowhere to hid?"
Kurama didn't have to look up to know who it was. Karasu. Kurama felt the shiver run down his spine and rubbed his arm to get rid of the goose bumps. "What do you want from me Karasu? I am not in any mood."
"Of course, of course. But now the poor fox stands here out in the open with nowhere to run and nowhere to hid, like sitting duck, if you'll excuse the expression." Kurama knew just by looking at the dark haired man that he was smiling broadly under his mask. "You are finally mine Youko Kurama."
Kurama dropped his book bag and gathered himself into a fighting stance. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Karasu chuckled lightly at the fox's sudden move. "Youko Kurama, or are you going by Shuchi these days? All the same, you are finally mine. When I fought you at the dark tournament, I knew then how much I really wanted you. But standing behind you was the sorry excuse of a demon. A traderous being, and I knew I couldn't touch you. I couldn't have you. However circumstances change and now at this moment I can claim you as my own."
"What are you getting at? What circumstances are you talking about?"
Karasu let out a laugh in sheer delight. The cunning and clever Fox had no idea what was in store for him. He had no idea what he was into. And this made the vampire smile even more with glee. "Poor little fox, you don't like being out of the loop."
"I have grown in strength Karasu, physically and mentally. After our last encounter I knew I would be seeing you again."
"I wouldn't have it any other way Kurama. Not any other way." Karasu finally pulled his hands from his leather pants. His nails grew in length, as the earth surrounding Kurama suddenly changed into a world where gravity held no bounds, where the trees no longer existed, and the fresh smell of grass became decay.
Kurama felt the air around him chill and his body became suddenly stiff. His feet and arms no longer moved as their host commanded. Kurama's eyes shot around in fear. He was stuck in this position, and he was completely at Karasu's will. "Karasu!"
"You don't think I wouldn't train as well do you Fox? I saw your powers exceed my own, and I spent a year training past that point, and here I am to claim my prize."
"What do you want from me?"
"Isn't is obvious Youko? I want you. And thanks to Hiei you are all mine!"
Kurama heard the loud shriek of laughter run throughout his mind. His brain began to pulse in pain but there was nothing he could to do turn it off. It was too loud to turn off; it was digging at his mind. He felt the warmth of his blood running from his nose and ears. His body and mind finally gave out and his eyes rolled into the back of his head and his body fell to the groundless world. The last picture running through his head was Hiei's smile.