Sycoh: Hah, I'm happy enough to write today. I want to thank you all for your reviews. It has really improved my mood. Hiei, please do disclaimer.
Hiei: Hn, P. Sycoh does not nor ever will own Yu Yu Hakusho.
Sycoh: Thank you very much Hiei. Now, with this full cup of coffee and some raman noodles, I shall create the 9th chappie!
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Too Close For Comfort
Chapter 9: News
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(Kitsumi's Dream)
"Don't splash around like that, you'll scare them away." The gingikitsune reprimanded his younger sister in her useless attempt to catch dinner. The young youkai glared at her older brother who was lazily whistling in a tree branch. A movement caught the corner of her eye and she dived in before she even knew what it was. To her regret, it wasn't a fish. It was, in fact, a small, red crab that had clamped onto to her nose. "Owie!" She howled as her older brother began to unclamp the animals pinchers. She howled again as he snapped it off and threw it back in the pond. "Stop your whining." He said soothingly. "It's gone now. We can have , instead, for dinner tonight." He stroked the side of her face and wiped away her tears. Kitsumi looked up, smiling at her older brother.
(Kitsumi/Hiei's room)
Kitsumi awoke and it was still dark outside. 'That must've been the best dream I've had in a long time.' Kitsumi thought, opening her right eye. She smirked when she saw a minute black shadow resting on a tree branch outside her window. 'He probably watched me all night. My dear Hiei.' She smiled to herself. These kinds of thoughts no longer bothered her. She knew how she felt about him. As she opened her left eye she felt a sharp pain in her head. She put her hand to her forehead. 'Shimatta! It's burning in here.' She didn't even bother to consider Hiei as she began to tear off the blankets and then her clothes. The heat remained. It was as if she were engulfed in fire. She laid down on her bed, stark naked and panting heavily. Hiei, sensing her distress, got up off the tree branch and perched on the outside window sill. He looked at her in alarm as he watched her toss and turn in the bed, trying to escape the heat. Without a second thought he opened the window (A/N:Don't ask me how for I do not know how he does these things. He's just cool like that) and jumped in. Kitsumi had calmed down and was now just breathing hard. Her scent filled the room and Hiei put his hand up to his nose. She seemed to be almost delirious. "My head." She groaned to him as he covered her with a blanket. "No!" She shouted, grasping the covers weakly and trying to take them off. "Too hot." She moaned as she let go of the comforter and drifted into a dreamless sleep. Hiei looked her over now that she was calm and realized what was wrong with her. He remembered when a female friend of his had gone through this and it nearly had driven her insane. 'What did they call it?' Hiei thought with frustration. After a few moments, Hiei came up with the answer. 'Heat.' He concluded. He smirked, knowing that this condition was no cause for alarm. It would go away in a week or so. Meanwhile, she would just have to rest and he and the others would have to deal with her irritability. He stroked her cheek gently and smirked. "Rest well, kitsune onna." He whispered softly as started for the window. That was, until he heard a voice behind him. "Please stay here with me, Hiei." The fire youkai turned his head to see Kitsumi's eyes opened and a small smile on her face. "I don't want to be alone right now." Hiei sighed and looked around the room to make sure no one was watching. He then sighed again and walked over to the bed and sat next to it indian style and watched Kitsumi fall asleep.
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Kurama walked calmly to his sister's room. It was already 12:00 in the afternoon and he had begun to wonder why Kitsumi had slept so late. On his way down the hall he ran into Hiei. It looked like he had just left the room. "Good afternoon, Hiei." Kurama said with a nod. "Would you mid telling me why you are just leaving my sister's room at such and early hour?" He asked with a hint of anger in his voice. "Hn, don't get any ideas, fox. Remember, this was once my room also. Your sister....." Hiei
paused. A small tint of red formed on his cheeks as he tried to find the right words to explain the female kitsune's condition. Kurama looked at the door and smiled. "Ah, I see." He said with a small chuckle. Hiei growled. "Alright, Hiei. I have something to tell you." The fire youkai looked at Kurama with impatience. "What is it, fox?" Kurama's smiled faded and he turned serious. "My mother was sent to the hospital last night so I will be gone for a few days to visit her. Yusuke and the others have decided to go as well to pay their respects. We will be gone for a few days and since Kitsumi is in heat I don't believe she would feel like going. Would you be so kind as to watch her while I am gone?" Hiei's eyes began to glow with anger. "So, you want me to baby-sit your younger sister?" He growled. Kurama nodded. "If you think you can handle her." He said with a wink and a smile. Hiei growled again and Kurama could not help but chuckle. Hiei's eyes then shot up when he noticed the mark on his kitsune friend's neck. "Hn." He snorted as Kurama smiled nervously. "Senko will not be coming with us, though. She said she wasn't feeling too well but she refuses to tell me why." The silver headed youkai sighed with frustration. "Hn, I can't see why you chose her, fox." Hiei stated flatly as he walked away with a smirk. Kurama sighed again as he opened Kitsumi's bedroom door. "Kitsumi?" Kurama asked as he walked over to the lump, which he assumed was his sister, laying on the bed. He heard a grumble from the comforters and smiled. "How are you feeling?" He asked soothingly. "Leave me alone." Kitsumi replied irritably. "Don't worry. You will feel better within the week." More grumbles came from the mass of blankets. Kurama chuckled as he sat on the edge of the bed. It was so hot he could almost see steam rising from the bed. Kurama sighed with sympathy for his sister. "I have come to tell you something Kitsumi. Turn around so you may hear." "I can hear fine form the position I am in now, Yoko." Kitsumi argued. Kurama chuckled some more. "Alright then. I will not be here for next few days, my dear sister. My human mother was sent to the hospital last night and I have decided to visit her. The others have chosen to go as well. Senko will stay here as she is not feeling well and Hiei will be here to make sure you'll be ok. I should be back within the week so you do not need to worry." Kitsumi 'Hned' in response. Kurama sighed as he got up and walked to the door. "Do you love her then, Yoko?" Kitsumi's voice came from the bed. Kurama put his hand up to the mark on his neck and nodded his head in response to Kitsumi's question. 'How could she know?' Kurama thought as he closed the bedroom door. He shook his head as he walked down the stairs and out the front door to his car where the others were inside. He knew he would never understand the inner-workings of his sister. 'Be safe Kitsumi.' He thought as he backed out of the drive way and sped off to the hospital.
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Senko stumbled out of the bathroom. 'God! Please! How am I going to tell him?' She thought with panic as she hobbled to the living room. She had just spent the last three hours in the bathroom throwing up her lunch. 'What will he say? What am I going to do?!' She plopped down onto the couch and groaned. Kitsumi was in the kitchen sitting indian style on the counter and watching the birds flying around outside. Every once in a while she would growl at them. "Annoying rats with wings. I will hunt you down and kill you all one day." She growled as her tail twitched furiously. She then pricked her ears up and turned her head as she heard Hiei step in thought the front door. She jumped off of the counter and walked into the living room. Hiei was standing in the middle of the room looking at the groaning Senko. "What's the matter with her?" He asked tonelessly as he walked over towards Kitsumi. "Hn, I don't know. She just came out of the bathroom after throwing up for three hours the lunch I made her. Ungrateful brat." Kitsumi finished with a grumble as she walked passed Hiei and sat on the floor by Senko. "Hey neko. What's your problem?" She asked quietly, leaning in to hear Senko's mumbled response. Kitsumi's eyes went wide with shock. "Are you serious?" She asked in alarm. Senko lifted her head to face Kitsumi as she nodded. "What is it?" Hiei asked with mild interest as he walked over to the neko youkai. "Hn, stupid fox." Kitsumi grumbled as she got up and stood above Senko. She saw the confused and impatient look on Hiei's face and sighed with irritation. "She's pregnant, Hiei." Kitsumi said softly. Hiei's eyes went wide momentarily and Senko groaned again. "How am I going to tell him, Kitsumi? He'll hate me for this." Senko whined in despair. "YOU won't say anything because I will be the one to tell him. And he won't hate you. I'll make sure of that. Besides, I think he actually loves you." Kitsumi finished the last sentence with a hint of mockery in her voice. Senko looked up at her and smiled. "Thank you, Kitsumi." Kitsumi 'Hned' and walked back into the kitchen with Hiei behind her. The female kitsune jumped up back onto the counter and finished her cursing of the 'winged rats.' Hiei chuckled a little as he watched her tail swish from side to side. Kitsumi turned her head and looked at Hiei. "I want to thank you, Hie, for taking care of me last night. I'm sorry if I was trouble for you." Hiei looked away and said, "Hn, after the way you helped me in the woods yesterday, I thought I should return the favor." He didn't have to look at her to know that Kitsumi was smiling. He heard her sigh and he looked at her. "Yoko and Senko. Hn, what a nightmare." She grumbled. "I wonder how he's going to react when I tell him." She said thoughtfully. "You think he'll even stay with her?" Hiei asked looking away. Kitsumi nodded. "Of course he will. I even think he might be a good father as well. Right now all we have to do is make sure Senko is taken care of until he gets back." Hiei nodded in agreement and Kitsumi jumped off of the counter. She stood in front of him, his arms wrapped around her waist and her head leaning on his shoulder. Kitsumi sighed dreamily. 'If I could stay like this forever......' "You'd be happy." Hiei finished her thought and kissed her gently on the lips.
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Sycoh: Whoa! Do you guys see some Hiei and Kitsumi fluffiness in there? LOL, I'm sorry, I just had to write it in somewhere. Like I have said before(I think) I do not care if the characters are a little OOC because I think it blends in very well with my story. Hey that rhymed! W0ot!
Hiei: Hn, review or die.
Sycoh: Yes, please review or I shall sic my sexy Hiei-chan on all of you! Muwahahahahaha, I have rhymed once more. Read the next chapter to see what else is in store!
Hiei: Hn, P. Sycoh does not nor ever will own Yu Yu Hakusho.
Sycoh: Thank you very much Hiei. Now, with this full cup of coffee and some raman noodles, I shall create the 9th chappie!
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Too Close For Comfort
Chapter 9: News
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(Kitsumi's Dream)
"Don't splash around like that, you'll scare them away." The gingikitsune reprimanded his younger sister in her useless attempt to catch dinner. The young youkai glared at her older brother who was lazily whistling in a tree branch. A movement caught the corner of her eye and she dived in before she even knew what it was. To her regret, it wasn't a fish. It was, in fact, a small, red crab that had clamped onto to her nose. "Owie!" She howled as her older brother began to unclamp the animals pinchers. She howled again as he snapped it off and threw it back in the pond. "Stop your whining." He said soothingly. "It's gone now. We can have , instead, for dinner tonight." He stroked the side of her face and wiped away her tears. Kitsumi looked up, smiling at her older brother.
(Kitsumi/Hiei's room)
Kitsumi awoke and it was still dark outside. 'That must've been the best dream I've had in a long time.' Kitsumi thought, opening her right eye. She smirked when she saw a minute black shadow resting on a tree branch outside her window. 'He probably watched me all night. My dear Hiei.' She smiled to herself. These kinds of thoughts no longer bothered her. She knew how she felt about him. As she opened her left eye she felt a sharp pain in her head. She put her hand to her forehead. 'Shimatta! It's burning in here.' She didn't even bother to consider Hiei as she began to tear off the blankets and then her clothes. The heat remained. It was as if she were engulfed in fire. She laid down on her bed, stark naked and panting heavily. Hiei, sensing her distress, got up off the tree branch and perched on the outside window sill. He looked at her in alarm as he watched her toss and turn in the bed, trying to escape the heat. Without a second thought he opened the window (A/N:Don't ask me how for I do not know how he does these things. He's just cool like that) and jumped in. Kitsumi had calmed down and was now just breathing hard. Her scent filled the room and Hiei put his hand up to his nose. She seemed to be almost delirious. "My head." She groaned to him as he covered her with a blanket. "No!" She shouted, grasping the covers weakly and trying to take them off. "Too hot." She moaned as she let go of the comforter and drifted into a dreamless sleep. Hiei looked her over now that she was calm and realized what was wrong with her. He remembered when a female friend of his had gone through this and it nearly had driven her insane. 'What did they call it?' Hiei thought with frustration. After a few moments, Hiei came up with the answer. 'Heat.' He concluded. He smirked, knowing that this condition was no cause for alarm. It would go away in a week or so. Meanwhile, she would just have to rest and he and the others would have to deal with her irritability. He stroked her cheek gently and smirked. "Rest well, kitsune onna." He whispered softly as started for the window. That was, until he heard a voice behind him. "Please stay here with me, Hiei." The fire youkai turned his head to see Kitsumi's eyes opened and a small smile on her face. "I don't want to be alone right now." Hiei sighed and looked around the room to make sure no one was watching. He then sighed again and walked over to the bed and sat next to it indian style and watched Kitsumi fall asleep.
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Kurama walked calmly to his sister's room. It was already 12:00 in the afternoon and he had begun to wonder why Kitsumi had slept so late. On his way down the hall he ran into Hiei. It looked like he had just left the room. "Good afternoon, Hiei." Kurama said with a nod. "Would you mid telling me why you are just leaving my sister's room at such and early hour?" He asked with a hint of anger in his voice. "Hn, don't get any ideas, fox. Remember, this was once my room also. Your sister....." Hiei
paused. A small tint of red formed on his cheeks as he tried to find the right words to explain the female kitsune's condition. Kurama looked at the door and smiled. "Ah, I see." He said with a small chuckle. Hiei growled. "Alright, Hiei. I have something to tell you." The fire youkai looked at Kurama with impatience. "What is it, fox?" Kurama's smiled faded and he turned serious. "My mother was sent to the hospital last night so I will be gone for a few days to visit her. Yusuke and the others have decided to go as well to pay their respects. We will be gone for a few days and since Kitsumi is in heat I don't believe she would feel like going. Would you be so kind as to watch her while I am gone?" Hiei's eyes began to glow with anger. "So, you want me to baby-sit your younger sister?" He growled. Kurama nodded. "If you think you can handle her." He said with a wink and a smile. Hiei growled again and Kurama could not help but chuckle. Hiei's eyes then shot up when he noticed the mark on his kitsune friend's neck. "Hn." He snorted as Kurama smiled nervously. "Senko will not be coming with us, though. She said she wasn't feeling too well but she refuses to tell me why." The silver headed youkai sighed with frustration. "Hn, I can't see why you chose her, fox." Hiei stated flatly as he walked away with a smirk. Kurama sighed again as he opened Kitsumi's bedroom door. "Kitsumi?" Kurama asked as he walked over to the lump, which he assumed was his sister, laying on the bed. He heard a grumble from the comforters and smiled. "How are you feeling?" He asked soothingly. "Leave me alone." Kitsumi replied irritably. "Don't worry. You will feel better within the week." More grumbles came from the mass of blankets. Kurama chuckled as he sat on the edge of the bed. It was so hot he could almost see steam rising from the bed. Kurama sighed with sympathy for his sister. "I have come to tell you something Kitsumi. Turn around so you may hear." "I can hear fine form the position I am in now, Yoko." Kitsumi argued. Kurama chuckled some more. "Alright then. I will not be here for next few days, my dear sister. My human mother was sent to the hospital last night and I have decided to visit her. The others have chosen to go as well. Senko will stay here as she is not feeling well and Hiei will be here to make sure you'll be ok. I should be back within the week so you do not need to worry." Kitsumi 'Hned' in response. Kurama sighed as he got up and walked to the door. "Do you love her then, Yoko?" Kitsumi's voice came from the bed. Kurama put his hand up to the mark on his neck and nodded his head in response to Kitsumi's question. 'How could she know?' Kurama thought as he closed the bedroom door. He shook his head as he walked down the stairs and out the front door to his car where the others were inside. He knew he would never understand the inner-workings of his sister. 'Be safe Kitsumi.' He thought as he backed out of the drive way and sped off to the hospital.
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Senko stumbled out of the bathroom. 'God! Please! How am I going to tell him?' She thought with panic as she hobbled to the living room. She had just spent the last three hours in the bathroom throwing up her lunch. 'What will he say? What am I going to do?!' She plopped down onto the couch and groaned. Kitsumi was in the kitchen sitting indian style on the counter and watching the birds flying around outside. Every once in a while she would growl at them. "Annoying rats with wings. I will hunt you down and kill you all one day." She growled as her tail twitched furiously. She then pricked her ears up and turned her head as she heard Hiei step in thought the front door. She jumped off of the counter and walked into the living room. Hiei was standing in the middle of the room looking at the groaning Senko. "What's the matter with her?" He asked tonelessly as he walked over towards Kitsumi. "Hn, I don't know. She just came out of the bathroom after throwing up for three hours the lunch I made her. Ungrateful brat." Kitsumi finished with a grumble as she walked passed Hiei and sat on the floor by Senko. "Hey neko. What's your problem?" She asked quietly, leaning in to hear Senko's mumbled response. Kitsumi's eyes went wide with shock. "Are you serious?" She asked in alarm. Senko lifted her head to face Kitsumi as she nodded. "What is it?" Hiei asked with mild interest as he walked over to the neko youkai. "Hn, stupid fox." Kitsumi grumbled as she got up and stood above Senko. She saw the confused and impatient look on Hiei's face and sighed with irritation. "She's pregnant, Hiei." Kitsumi said softly. Hiei's eyes went wide momentarily and Senko groaned again. "How am I going to tell him, Kitsumi? He'll hate me for this." Senko whined in despair. "YOU won't say anything because I will be the one to tell him. And he won't hate you. I'll make sure of that. Besides, I think he actually loves you." Kitsumi finished the last sentence with a hint of mockery in her voice. Senko looked up at her and smiled. "Thank you, Kitsumi." Kitsumi 'Hned' and walked back into the kitchen with Hiei behind her. The female kitsune jumped up back onto the counter and finished her cursing of the 'winged rats.' Hiei chuckled a little as he watched her tail swish from side to side. Kitsumi turned her head and looked at Hiei. "I want to thank you, Hie, for taking care of me last night. I'm sorry if I was trouble for you." Hiei looked away and said, "Hn, after the way you helped me in the woods yesterday, I thought I should return the favor." He didn't have to look at her to know that Kitsumi was smiling. He heard her sigh and he looked at her. "Yoko and Senko. Hn, what a nightmare." She grumbled. "I wonder how he's going to react when I tell him." She said thoughtfully. "You think he'll even stay with her?" Hiei asked looking away. Kitsumi nodded. "Of course he will. I even think he might be a good father as well. Right now all we have to do is make sure Senko is taken care of until he gets back." Hiei nodded in agreement and Kitsumi jumped off of the counter. She stood in front of him, his arms wrapped around her waist and her head leaning on his shoulder. Kitsumi sighed dreamily. 'If I could stay like this forever......' "You'd be happy." Hiei finished her thought and kissed her gently on the lips.
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Sycoh: Whoa! Do you guys see some Hiei and Kitsumi fluffiness in there? LOL, I'm sorry, I just had to write it in somewhere. Like I have said before(I think) I do not care if the characters are a little OOC because I think it blends in very well with my story. Hey that rhymed! W0ot!
Hiei: Hn, review or die.
Sycoh: Yes, please review or I shall sic my sexy Hiei-chan on all of you! Muwahahahahaha, I have rhymed once more. Read the next chapter to see what else is in store!