Blurring the

Lines

1 Green eyes and Crimson Curls

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- Kohaku Frost

President of Beware of Mage and Tsuki Ryu Productions

"Worthless backstabbing son-of-a-bitch" Hiei

I don't think you notice

When you see my face

I guess you're waiting

To spin me around again

Wheels I guess are turning

Somewhere inside my head

I know that this is

Deeper than you get

But you're coming back again

You don't mean to waste my time

But you're coming back …

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I don't think you notice

When I can't reach out

I guess you're waiting

On somebody else again

Oh so much for talking

It's all been said before

I'm hearing something

But I wish you'd just say more

"Finding Me" Vertical Horizon

Hiei climbed through the window soundlessly. He knew Kurama was eating dinner downstairs with his mother so he adjusted the white bandanna holding back his white streaked black hair and sat on the bed to wait. He was never kept waiting long; Kurama was much too horny to neglect Hiei for any great length of time.

When Hiei's keen demon hearing picked up Kurama's footsteps on the stairs, they also heard the footsteps of…!

"Yusuke, thank you for coming to dinner, Mother enjoys it when I bring friends." Kurama's low voice had the seductive quality reserved for whispering sweet nothings to Hiei.

"Come on, Ku-uh, I mean Shuichi! How could I resist! Your mom's an even better cook than Keiko!" Yusuke Urameshi's too close touching of Kurama and the latter's obvious encouragement and likewise interaction visible through the crack in the door Hiei peered through proved to Hiei that Kurama was up to no good. By the time Kurama's red-haired head had entered the room, Hiei was well hidden outside. Hiei knew Yusuke was involved with a girl named Keiko, Kurama was aware of this even more; he was a close friend of Keiko.

Suddenly it dawned on Hiei that Kurama was sleeping with the dark haired spirit detective. Hiei had been in Makai for the last two months; he had been the victim of prior infidelity, many times, but he had believed Kurama's or as known to humans Shuichi Minamino's love had been more than just the Youko lust retained in his human form. It appeared that Hiei would be suffering from a permanently anti-Kurama broken heart.

Hiei wrestled with whether to interrupt or to allow Yusuke to continue betraying the trust of Yusuke's girlfriend, who had waited patiently for him; for the well known to Hiei pleasure of bedding the green eyed twenty something reincarnation, though that pleasure Hiei would now have to find the strength to live without forever more. He narrowed his ruby red eyes and contemplated in brooding gloom. Hiei made his choice in the instant Kurama touched his lips to those of the erotically false-resisting Yusuke he had pressed back into the soft pillows of his goose down bed.

Hiei, twin brother of the ice maiden Yukina, pulled out his travel camera, snapped a full roll of film gave a viscous grin to the startled Kurama and Yusuke. Hiei turned and dashed out into the night, he headed straight to the home of one Keiko Yukimora.

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"NO!!!! He couldn't have cheated on ME with KURAMA! It is NOT possible Hiei! Yusuke wouldn't do this to me after all we've been through!!" Keiko was in the utmost hysterics of her life; not able to believe the truthful words of the "monster" who had once tried to enslave and transform her into a demon; but Yusuke had saved her…

Keiko collapsed on the floor of her bedroom, shaking with her gut-wrenching sobs as Hiei watched in expressionless and unexpected pain for the now full grown nine-teen year old girl. He had known Keiko Yukimora for five long and Kurama loving years. Never had he seen such sorrow. Hiei had never felt much for humans, except his lover Kurama and his best friend Yusuke. Yukina had married the human Kuwabara less than a year ago; much to Hiei's misery.

Keiko became more attractive as she aged, though Hiei was strict with himself to be faithful to Kurama regardless of secret love for Keiko, or the burning desire he felt for her; although he loved Keiko from a distance, Yusuke's fiancée or no. Hiei felt that he should do something to ease Keiko's pain; unfortunately he hadn't a clue the appropriate action. He glanced around Keiko's room uncomfortably; he noticed a framed picture taken long ago. It was of Hiei, Kurama, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko and Yukina sitting at the beach in America when they had visited. Hiei experienced a pang of heart ache as he recalled that had been the first night he'd gained the courage to return Kurama's feelings.

"Keiko, you must remember that you are not the only one hurt by this heinous act of betrayal. The question now is what you're going to do about it." Hiei turned away so Keiko couldn't see the guilt on Hiei's face. He had known about Yusuke's earlier affairs, and regretted not informing Keiko. If he had, Kurama wouldn't have been easily accessible to the one time friend Urameshi.

Hiei was full demon in his violent desire for vengeance. Kurama had made Hiei play the fool too many times. A chill shiver of fear assaulted Hiei's spine as he felt the horrific and destructive violence of fire demon anger grow and penetrate his flesh , writhing inside him like an Oroboros, devouring itself , merely growing more violent and hungry. Hiei had felt this anger twice before; once, when thrown from the land of his birth, fury toward the Kourime had almost destroyed them, fury toward those abusing Yukina resulted in near death experiences for two hundred human mobsters, Yukina herself had stopped him from killing the incredibly wealthy boss.

Hiei had been so involved in controlling his rage; he hadn't heard Keiko come up behind him.

"Hiei… I-is it t-t-true? C-can it be that Yusuke never loved me at all? "Keiko strangely received no response. She was suddenly remorseful for placing her needs above those of the more so heartbroken Hiei. She knew it was more painful for Hiei due to the fact that he had such trouble opening up to people. She gently laid her fingers on Hiei's arm, he didn't jerk away, but instead, started shaking.

Head bowed Hiei showed a small bit of the pain inside him to the receptive girl, he expected her to abandon him, but instead was confronted with the flaming hate in the gentle woman's eyes. He saw a side of Keiko previously hidden to him. He saw the genius plots in her hate, the crippling details in the genius plots, and the unexpected empathy for Hiei's loss.

Hold me! Hiei wanted to scream. Make me forget Kurama, make me know only you!

Hiei's eyes snapped open after closing to hide the power of the shocking emotion that nearly brought him to his knees. He had made it very clear to himself years ago that Keiko would never want him and could never know of the passion he burned with or the love he felt…

Hiei quickly shut those suicidal thoughts and made what would become one of the most important decisions of his newly declared war on Kurama and Yusuke.

"Keiko, I have a plan. I want revenge for the cruel turn that they dealt me, and I hope you'll assist me in destroying the life of that worthless backstabbing son-of-a-bitch. Are you in?"

Keiko's large brown eyes widened and she brushed back a lock of her chocolate brown hair with incredulous fingers. He wants my help? Keiko was dumbfounded by the reaction she felt in the pit of her stomach when she saw the earnest, passionate look in Hiei's eyes.

"Hiei…" Keiko wanted to see vengeance in the eyes of her new ally. "Hiei, I'll help you in absolutely any way you need me to, on one condition: You must let me have a large hand in Yusuke's utter destruction. Agreed?" Hiei looked into Keiko's reddened eyes, silently, mentally caressed her tearstained cheek and heard over and over again the words "any way you need".

Hiei smiled in the first contentment he had had in so long, smiled once more at Keiko and begin planning his second step in his new life: gain the love and trust and passion of Keiko Yukimora. It was a given that Hiei would agree to her terms, but maybe for much different reasons.

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"Keiko, I don't know where Hiei got those pictures, but they're completely false." Yusuke Urameshi was happily smiling at Keiko as he tried to convince her of his "innocence". He had arrived at the home of Miss Yukimora an hour earlier, freshly and suspiciously showered and - sober? Yusuke watched with inner smugness as doubt crept across Keiko's tear streaked face. He knew Hiei was being cajoled by the luscious Kurama, and Yusuke knew Kurama never failed to get Hiei to come crawling back. Yusuke understood perfectly, Kurama was easily more fun- more experienced- than the boring Keiko, but Yusuke needed someone to cook and clean for him. Yusuke smiled pleasantly, certain that Keiko was his once more… wait, once more?

Why did he get the feeling that she was only partially his now? Yusuke's smooth talk had always worked before, and Keiko couldn't possibly have believed Hiei, could she? Yusuke suddenly felt scared that maybe there was something going on that he was unaware of. There had been a few hours in between the time Hiei had taken the pictures and the time Yusuke had shown up at Keiko's.

Had something happened between Keiko and Hiei? Had Keiko decided to get revenge on him by sleeping with the demon? Yusuke was much too involved in his own thoughts to see the doubt leave Keiko's face for an instant, then come back in fuller force than it had with Yusuke's words alone.

Had Hiei lied to her? Had she been duped by the demon? Keiko knew about Yusuke's job as a spirit detective, she had found out years ago, when her dog had turned into a demon and had tried to eat her. She also knew that Kurama was a demon incarnate, and that Hiei was half fire demon and half koorime. She had gotten used to these facts over time. So what if they were weird? They were still her friends.

But lately she had sensed some strange feelings coming from Hiei. He'd vanished into Makai, the demon world, two months ago. Appearing suddenly back in human world, like always, Hiei seemed more than a little preoccupied when speaking to Keiko. She admitted Hiei's attractiveness, for a demon; but he, also being arrogant, self-centered, and cold, Keiko figured that the vices out weighed the nearly nonexistent virtues.

But why had he come to her for vengeful assistance? Why had Hiei chosen now to reveal Yusuke's betrayal? Why now, when dozens of times in the past he'd had even better opportunities to break them up? Keiko was not ignorant of Yusuke's desires or those whom he went too to fulfill those desires she would not. She was also aware that Hiei had known all of Yusuke's dirty secrets. Why? Could it be that he was interested in her? Could it be that she had misinterpreted the look in Hiei's beautiful red eyes?

Keiko's disturbing train of thought was interrupted by Yusuke's hand on her cheek. He had a familiar hungry look on his face; she knew Yusuke wanted her, but how could she let him make love to her knowing what she did? Half resolved to be stubborn, Keiko recalled Hiei's advice: the more normal things seemed the more pain he'd feel later. So Keiko glued a happy, impassioned look on her face as always and mentally gritted her teeth. Though Yusuke fancied himself a lover, he'd never pleased Keiko. As Yusuke kissed her, Keiko thought of what it would feel like to be kissed by Hiei.

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Hiei felt nothing as Kurama stroked his spiky hair and begged forgiveness. His only thoughts were of the beautiful pain Kurama would soon feel, the sweet, sad look that would be forever etched into his face. The way he and Keiko would leave for America after Kurama and Yusuke were reduced to sniveling worms.

The way she would smile, and caress his body when their vengeance was completed; the way Hiei would caress her beautiful body. These thoughts gave rise to a strange wave of feelings inside the slightly lust-driven Hiei. He did not feel mere lust; he was more concerned with how Keiko could be best pleased by what would please him. This was brand new territory for him, being filled with concern for another person.

"Hiei, I love you still and always. But if you would tell me when you're going to leave, then maybe I wouldn't feel abandoned every time you go. And I would be able to plan something special for you." Kurama turned Hiei's face towards himself and gazed deeply into Hiei's eyes. The green eyes stared into the red ones with the passion long known to mean to Hiei that Kurama was "in the mood".

"Kurama… no, I'm through, I'm done with you! I haven't loved you for a long, long time." Hiei snapped. He had decided to jump to step two without completing step one. So what; Keiko would just have to understand Hiei's feelings. Though he knew Keiko would go through with making up with Yusuke, there was no way in hell he was enduring Kurama's touch any longer.

Kurama's face had the most pained look that Hiei had seen on the human. A mixture of shock, disbelief, and… fear?

End Chapter One- Green Eyes and Crimson Curls

Sorry to leave ya'll hanging, but I don't want my chapters too long. This will be a lime, just so I don't embarrass myself. Personally I feel its best not to write things I know nothing about. So, what do ya think? This is my first Yu Yu fic. I try to avoid info gathered solely from other fics, but if you have any proven info that may help make my story more interesting, feel free to inform me. Oh, one more thing, I LOVE TEN YEARS OF WAITING!!!! Ya know the brilliant fic by Kurohi Tatsaki.

Happy Reading,

Kohaku Frost