sorry been busy, had to get my MRI, EEG, EKG, all this crap now its done...so yes... whatever. Now I get to mess with the good stuff.

Oh I hope everyone got the picture i drew that wanted it. ()

This is gonna come out weird, somethings up with my system. Sorri!

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Kurama slammed his head on the coffee table which wasn't exactly the smartest thing to do. He rubbed the badages on his head, Hiei shaking his own. "You idiot."

"I just don't get it! Why isn't it working?" Kurama cried.

They of course where talking about the necklace that had brought them there. They found it in Yusuke's pocket, but despite what they did, it wouldn't work any more. It wouldn't take them back home.

The orange light which had been glowing so brightly in it had stopped glowing.

They all knew they could use this trinket only three times, and now they had two more left before it turned to dust.

Only problem was-

"ITS NOT WORKING!" Kurama cried frustrated.

Hiei watched him, he'd never seen Kurama lose his cool like this. Hiei sighed and looked down closing his eyes. It'd already been a full week since they'd left their time. Yusuke's wounds were healing really slowly, and their own where doing no better.

Things just wern't looking up.

"We've missed the fo-We've missed Kuwabara's funeral by now haven't we?"

Kurama looked up at Hiei. "Yes...yes we have." Kurama scrubbed at his eyes.

"Did you see the look on his face...that horrified look? He never looked so scared before...it was like watching a child...I've never seen that look on him before." Kurama closed his eyes, tears falling for the umpteenth time.

Hiei stayed silent. He had not shed one tear for Kuwabara, but he did what he'd been doing for the past week. Hiei rose and left. Anytime they started to talk about Kuwabara, and then cry, he'd leave.

Hiei paused at the doorway.

"I'm worried Kurama."

"What?"

Hiei nodded at him, signaling him to come over. "Look."

Kurama made his way over standing outside the kitchen door. Hiei was watching Yusuke play with Kuwabara. The small boy was laughing as Yusuke chased him around the room.

Shizuru was watching them, a smile on her face. She tripped Yusuke who shook his fist at her. Kuwabara tackled him from behind, and a smile appeared on his face.

"If we get this thing working, will he honestly come back with us?"

Kurama jumped, and looked down at his short friend.

"Here Kuwabara is alive, and they are friends, despite the age differnce." Hiei looked into Kurama's green orbs, "You really think he'll leave this place to return to a place without Kuwabara? Where he is dead, a look of terror stuck on his face, a time where we couldn't even join his own funeral?"

Kurama lowered his head, "No...I don't..." He sighed. "This...this is a problem."

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Little Kuwabara crawled out of bed, headed for the bathroom. 9 soda's didn't sit well with his small bladder. He walked by the guest room peeking in, to see Kurama, the angle like figure sleeping. He looked in the next room...his parents room, and saw Yusuke.

Again tears where streaming down his face.

He cried at night, all the time. The only one who didn't cry was Hiei.

Kuwabara snuck in the room, the room that smelled of his mother and father, and now this newcomer, tip-toeing to the young man's side. He leaned up patting his new friend's brow, "There there 'usuke...its all right." He leaned up kissing the young man's cheek like his dad used to do to him, and sure enough the tears stopped.

He smiled, as Yusuke looked more relaxed, and snuck out of the room.

The small boy headed back to his destination, but stopped.

'Plink' sounds on the floor boareds could be heard. Making his way to the couch, where the smallest of the three had decided to say, he saw a surprising scene. The small man, Hiei, was sitting up, jewls dropping from his eyes.

In wonder Kuwabara watched, and eventaully realized he was crying.

He walked up to him, and watched as he cried, shoulders shaking, eyes closed, and teeth grit. Tentively he reached up and placed a small palm on his shoudler.

The man grew stiff, and boldly Kuwabara hugged him.

"Let go." Hiei snarled.

"I'm sorry I called you a name, and I'm sorry Kuwabara died." The small boy released Hiei, shaking like a leaf on an autums day. The tears of jewls had stopped, and he glared at Kuwabara for intruding. Kuwabara starred in wonder. He didn't know people could cry jewls!

"I won't tell anyone you cried! I promise."

"I didn't even like him...we hated each other...and now I'm blubbering like a baby!" Hiei spat, "Pathetic!"

Kuwabara was picking up all the jewls, and placing them next to Hiei when he stopped and looked up. "My sister always says people make fun of each other because they like each other." Hiei went red knowing this young child didn't know what definition of "like" his sister was talking about.

"But I like my Mom's words bet'er!" Kuwabra finished collecting the tears and placed them all by Hiei, but played with an orange and black one, circling it around in his palm.

"Your Mom's words?"

"Uh-huh!" Kuwabara smiled, "Mama used to say that when two people fight, they're jealouse of each other. They don't admit it but theirs something about that guy the o'her wants!" Kuwabara beamed, "So you an' him musta looked up to each o'her a lot! You where friends all this time but di'n't know how to say it!"

He laughed, "Isn't that silly?"

Hiei stayed silent, and watched him play with the the jewl.

"You can keep it if you want."

"Really!? Thank you!"

Kuwabara hugged him again, and relunctently Hiei pat his head. Kuwabara turned to leave and looked back at Hiei, "If ya want, you don't hafta, but..." Kuwabara bit his lip. "I can be your new Kuwabara! I'll be mean with you, and we can fight and yell. I dun wanna take his place, but I could be your friend. We do have the same name, so it'd be like having the ol' one back!" Kuwabara too off in the hall, and then popped back, "Night Hiei!"

Then he was gone.

Another gem fell on the hard wood floor.

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sorry for shortness.

Preview for next chapter!

Yusuke and Kuwabara keep growing closer, as Yusuke's dreams turn weird. (I did mention this would be a yaoi later right?) And what this, why is Shizuru treating him weird?