Disclaimer: I'd have to be a really great writer to own Yu Yu Hakusho, and
I'm not, so...
A/N: Oi, minna-san!! How are you all today? Mwahaha, I feel suddenly chirpy..I've been dealing with my thirteen year old nephew who acts like a two year old, and I've been in a bad mood all day. Yesh, he's my nephew, no, I'm not a 40-year old aunt, it's complicated don't ask. I get a lot about that. Anyway, thanks for all the support and reviews everyone! This is a part of the story where I confused some people...hopefully, as I revise it, it'll make more sense. Anyway, enjoy.
This chapter is dedicated to What2CallMyself, for reviewing on every chapter! ::hands What2CallMyself YYH plushies::
Enjoy!
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Icy black eyes raked over the barren ground around him, dusty and abandoned.
"Damn..." he muttered. His pale skin flushed an angry tinge of red, one that matched his spiky hair that blew freely around him with the breath of the Makai wind. This boy stood stiffly, staring down at the ground, as though searching for some hidden meaning, watching with forlorn interest.
'Kuso kuso kuso...' he repeated endlessly in his mind. He glanced up slowly, watching a few of his kind lugging a limp figure off, before quickly looking away to rid himself. It was...his fault.
"Akujin-sama..." came a gruff voice, and a crunch of feet landing beside him in the sand.
"Hai," Akujin replied dully, not even turning to face the man who had approached him.
"We've watched the dimension rip for hours, sir...it's happened. He has come back."
"Aa..." Akujin's voice became a notch lower, softer, as he comprehended the words. "Aa. Well done, Ran...prepare the remaining kageoni to attack...I will arrive with you shortly. Watch him. He will not escape."
"Hai, Akujin-sama." The dust began to whir as Ran set off, leaving the boy to settle his fault.
Blood everywhere...bodies...
No...it wasn't Akujin's fault...
It was HIS...The kageoni were dead because of him...the Forbidden Child.
He had come back to his domain only to find blood everywhere...bodies mutilated and destroyed...HE had killed them..he had massacred them.
"Damn..." he repeated painfully. Akujin had only left to seek strength...to seek power to rule his race...
But that was destroyed...by Hiei..
Akujin's fist clenched.
To die...was the Forbidden Child's only way to pay for everything he had done..
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Hiei was....he was...
Kurama gazed blankly around him, barely comprehending his surroundings in the darkness.
Hiei was gone...he had left him again...
Hiei had always resisted him...always hated Kurama for loving him, always running from what the youko felt for him. But...Kurama knew it..in that one moment, before Hiei fell back into the dimension rip..
Hiei was all his...
Kurama had pulled away, expecting the familiar flash of shock, of hatred in the jaganshi's eyes to meet him, only to find instead want...need...his eyes had been solemn, dazed.
It was like, at last, the jaganshi's heart was all Kurama's...
Kurama had waited two years for him, to hold him, to kiss him and touch him...it was the last thing sustaining him, imagining the velvet touch of the jaganshi's skin, the sweet taste of his lips...imagining the feeling of being able to love the jaganshi freely, and for Hiei to love him back...Kurama had lived a secluded life, maybe in some way hoping for his past to be buried, that maybe he could live a normal life, and forget about the demon he loved so..
But really..he had only been waiting for him...
That's why, after Yusuke left after giving him news of Hiei's return, Kurama could barely believe in escaping Hiei anymore; He could barely eat, barely sleep; When he did sleep, his dreams were wrapped entirely around Hiei, and the same thought ran through his head endlessly...
He's coming back...he's coming back...Hiei's really coming back...
Kurama had wanted Hiei so badly...it had hurt him, tore at him slowly from the inside-out. Hiei had left him, had come back and still hated him...but he had seen it in Hiei's eyes..
Hiei needed him too...
Hiei had left to train...to bring his power to the fullest...to forget everything Kurama had said to him, what Kurama had felt for him..
Or maybe...to simply train away his need for Kurama as well...what he was afraid to feel as a demon...
What was forbidden for a demon to feel...
.....
Hiei had run from Kurama...once, two years ago...
Kurama had done the same, by running from his past with Hiei, by trying to escape by living away from the Urameshi-gumi, from missions and everything that he had known to share with Hiei...
No..it was his turn.
The youko stood, wiping his pale face dry and facing the whirling dimension rip before him.
Kurama wouldn't run anymore. He would...
He would face Hiei.
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Yusuke stared off into the air, brown eyes seemingly lifeless, and breathing heavy. The house was silent, save for the occasional snore of Atsuko in the other room and sighs Yusuke released every so often.
-Hitched breathing as a response from Kurama over the phone.-
-"H-he left, Kurama. Hiei did..."-
It was like those simple words had torn his former teammate apart.
-"Yusuke-kun...Hiei has to pass through the dimensions to get out of the Ningenkai...where--?"-
Kurama had always chased after Hiei...Yusuke knew that. When Hiei had left last time, he had watched the placid expression fade from Kurama's face...how he had run away immediately after, almost sick with the idea of Hiei leaving...
And then, when Hiei had left this time, Kurama chased after him again...
Yusuke knew there was something between them, something stronger than friendship, but at the same time, nothing LESS than friendship...Kurama understood Hiei, Hiei trusted Kurama...
And Kurama had fallen for him...
Yusuke could see it now.
Hiei had left...and Kurama ran from the team, ran away from everything they had all suffered through...
That one simple action from Hiei had torn the Urameshi-gumi apart.
Yusuke's fists clenched into the fabric of the couch he sat on. He hated it -- he hated Hiei! He hated him for tearing them all apart like that. Because he had left, the only ones who had remained were him and Kuwabara. Hiei had torn them apart, separated his teammates...
Separated his friends...
He hated Hiei...but he forgave him all the same...
Because Kurama loved him. Because Kurama needed him. But Hiei...he had done it all over again...running away, and leaving them all alone once more...
He had left Kurama to suffer again...
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Kurama poised himself as he soared down from the blood-red sky, landing softly on the barren ground below him. Stoic, evergreen eyes gazed around him, praying against the arrival of any demons who knew him for his traitorous ways. 'Hiei...he's gone.' He'd ... never find him in all of the Makai...
He didn't want to give up...he'd find him..he'd die for Hiei if called the occasion...
Kurama walked slowly through, shoes crunching in the dirt as he treaded toward to the one place he knew well in this realm...
The red-head passed through the wasteland, arriving finally at a small, forest-like place; The trees barely resembled ningen ones, their trunks and leaves were black, as though burned, though glittered like beetles' eyes...like they were watching you...
Watching the youko approach a silvery light that reflected from behind their raven branches...
Kurama allowed a small grin to form on his lips.
'Shinbi lake...'
The patch of water barely hidden behind a few more trees, silhouetted against it, shone truly. It, unlike ningen waters, shone with a silvery light, the red of blood splattered throughout it. It glowed...like it was mystical...
It was merely a place of death, though. Demons discarded of enemies they had killed here, having no use of them. It was...so beautiful...for what it was.
Kurama's heart rose in his chest as he saw someone's silhouette against the lake's silver light, leaning against a tree and staring off into the waters, their raven hair obtaining a faerie-like glow from it...
'Hiei....'
Hiei was captivated with this lake.
Kurama remembered, back before him, Gouki and Hiei had left to the Reikai to steal the Dark Artifacts, they had stopped here before heading off.
-"It's a beautiful lake.."- Kurama remembered the jaganshi muttering.
-"Beautiful? That's unlike you, Hiei. You don't seem the type to be mesmerized by beauty like this lake.."-
-"Demons die here...and their bodies still lie at it's bottom...the blood in the water makes it beautiful." he had replied bluntly.-
-"Heh. Whatever you say, Hiei."-
Kurama approached Hiei slowly, watching his pale features become beautiful in the lake's light. Hiei remained unwary of Kurama's presence.
This lake was beautiful to Hiei...the jaganshi would never admit it though.
Kurama managed a sad smile.
If only he knew...just how much more beautiful Shinbi lake became when Hiei was there..
A loud snap rang through the air as Kurama stepped on a fallen branch. Hiei snapped to attention, face turning just slightly to the noise.
'Hiei...' He was here. He had followed Hiei, like he hadn't before, when he left last.
He wasn't going to run from what he felt for Hiei...and he hoped Hiei would do the same. He would be brave...
And he needed so much strength right now...just to speak to him...
'Gods...give me strength...!'
".......Hiei.."
The said demon turned fully now, pale features facing Kurama.
Gods, he was so beautiful...so flawless...
A soft smile spread across Hiei's lips, and he turned to Kurama. "Nani...?"
'He's really smiling...for me...' Kurama could barely speak.
"I...came for you, Hiei..." Kurama watched Hiei's expression, watching for a single flash of dismissal or hatred or fear through his crimson eyes...Hiei continued a thoughtful gaze at the kitsune as he listened. "I...I'm not letting you run away again...I..." he stumbled over the words, not sure what to say. His heart beat heavily in his chest, ringing out every feeling he had for Hiei clearly. "I can't tell if you'll ever understand." His head lowered, red hair spilling freely over his eyes. "It was torture, living without you for those two years...I don't know if you'll understand but...I just can't live without you...it's too painful...I need you so badly...Hiei..."
He didn't want to be dismissed by Hiei's eyes again...it was painful enough that night at Yusuke's house, when he had advanced on Hiei a second time, hoping the demon would harbor some feelings for him...
-"After two years, you're still lusting after me like a pathetic ningen...it's like the youko doesn't exist within you at all. I still remember what you said at the Dark Tournament. I couldn't say anything to you then, but now I can. I don't love you Kurama...I never have, and I never will."-
...but the look in his eyes...the pure hatred...was more painful than anything Hiei could ever say to hurt him. Just like that day, two years ago...that look of shock...of fear...of dismissal..
It tore Kurama apart like never before.
Hiei refused to respond, making the youko's heart only beat faster in nervousness. "Hiei...I..." It was so hard... but... "Hiei, ai...ai shiteru..."
No response. Had he been wrong...? The need he had seen flash through Hiei's eyes....when they had kissed before...had it been other than that...?
What if Hiei never really needed him...?
That thought remained firmly in his head as he stared down at the ground...until he saw Hiei's feet..Hiei was approaching him...
"H-Hiei...?" Kurama looked up, startled, and watched the jaganshi whose eyes were hidden by his raven bangs. His pale hands lifted, taking hold of Kurama and...wrapped around his torso. He pushed his face into Kurama's chest.
"Hiei..."
He remained silent, save for one thought that passed through the demon's head:
'Why didn't you come for me before...?'
"Kurama," he murmured softly, holding him tighter.
Kurama..was breathless. He wrapped his own arms around Hiei's small body, burying his face into his raven locks.
'The warmth...' Hiei said mentally to himself. 'Just like last time...'
Kurama nuzzled his cheek against Hiei's smooth, soft face, facing him slowly. Hiei greeted him with a dazed stare and a slight blush creeping up his cheeks. (A/N: Kawaii!)
"Kurama...?"
He had to know...he had waited two years for this...for Hiei....
"Hiei..do you love me?" he murmured, hitting himself mentally for asking such a question so soon. But gods...he had waited for Hiei, and loved him from afar...
That was all he needed from Hiei now...
The jaganshi continued an intense stare at Kurama, almost searching his face for something...Kurama waited anxiously, heart skipping a beat.
'Hiei...gods, please...'
Silence continued to ensue, before another slight smile spread across Hiei's features...the same smile that made him more beautiful than Kurama could imagine....
"Hai...ai shiteru, Kurama."
If it was possible, everything within Kurama stopped.
'Hiei...' Kurama buried his head into Hiei's shoulder, lips spreading into a peaceful smile, before whispering:
"Thank you Hiei..."
He lifted his head again, placing small kisses along Hiei's neck and jawline, before finally reaching Hiei's lips, which he kissed sweetly, pushing the smaller demon's pale lips apart with his tongue. Hiei moaned breathily, leaning into Kurama more and submitting. The youko placed a hand along his soft cheek, relishing his feel.
This was...perfect.
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"Disgusting," Akujin murmured to himself, leaping out of the trees stealthily and silently, back to the remainder of his race, which waited far off, near the edge of the forest.
"It is Hiei?" asked a younger kageoni, nearly frightened of the idea that they might have gotten the wrong jaganshi. Akujin walked past, though murmuring an "Aa," under his breath.
"...though barely," he continued, standing away so only the demon largest in brawn could hear. "The Forbidden Child I knew to have destroyed nearly the entire kageoni race has gone soft." A snarl formed in his lips. "Damn! Pathetic ningen-wannabe." His flame-red hair flew into his face, shielding his furious features.
Ran, the larger demon, nodded, comprehending Akujin's words. "What shall we do, Akujin-sama...?" he said, rather hopelessly for the situation.
"Simple," Akujin remarked harshly. "I'll kill him."
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To be continued!!!
A/N: What'd you all think? This chapter (and the one I will be posting next update) were originally one chapter, only 3 pages long...so, you can see, I'm madly revising this. I may as well be writing an entirely different story!!! ;; Tis tiring. Oh, well. I decided to continue what would have been the rest of the chapter in an entirely different chapter. This one turned out to be longer, mainly because I added a little more history and POV to our bearer of plot, Akujin-sama, as well as that Yusuke reflection back there. I hope you enjoyed. This chapter was mainly fluff, revealing a lot of the feelings and stuff that were between Kurama and Hiei. And, just asking, who can tell by reading this that I lurve UkeHiei? There's so much semeHiei stuff it's scary...this story was originally semeHiei...::shudders:: Anyway, enough of my babbling, I'm bored! Review please! I'll try to update soon! Ja!
A/N: Oi, minna-san!! How are you all today? Mwahaha, I feel suddenly chirpy..I've been dealing with my thirteen year old nephew who acts like a two year old, and I've been in a bad mood all day. Yesh, he's my nephew, no, I'm not a 40-year old aunt, it's complicated don't ask. I get a lot about that. Anyway, thanks for all the support and reviews everyone! This is a part of the story where I confused some people...hopefully, as I revise it, it'll make more sense. Anyway, enjoy.
This chapter is dedicated to What2CallMyself, for reviewing on every chapter! ::hands What2CallMyself YYH plushies::
Enjoy!
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Icy black eyes raked over the barren ground around him, dusty and abandoned.
"Damn..." he muttered. His pale skin flushed an angry tinge of red, one that matched his spiky hair that blew freely around him with the breath of the Makai wind. This boy stood stiffly, staring down at the ground, as though searching for some hidden meaning, watching with forlorn interest.
'Kuso kuso kuso...' he repeated endlessly in his mind. He glanced up slowly, watching a few of his kind lugging a limp figure off, before quickly looking away to rid himself. It was...his fault.
"Akujin-sama..." came a gruff voice, and a crunch of feet landing beside him in the sand.
"Hai," Akujin replied dully, not even turning to face the man who had approached him.
"We've watched the dimension rip for hours, sir...it's happened. He has come back."
"Aa..." Akujin's voice became a notch lower, softer, as he comprehended the words. "Aa. Well done, Ran...prepare the remaining kageoni to attack...I will arrive with you shortly. Watch him. He will not escape."
"Hai, Akujin-sama." The dust began to whir as Ran set off, leaving the boy to settle his fault.
Blood everywhere...bodies...
No...it wasn't Akujin's fault...
It was HIS...The kageoni were dead because of him...the Forbidden Child.
He had come back to his domain only to find blood everywhere...bodies mutilated and destroyed...HE had killed them..he had massacred them.
"Damn..." he repeated painfully. Akujin had only left to seek strength...to seek power to rule his race...
But that was destroyed...by Hiei..
Akujin's fist clenched.
To die...was the Forbidden Child's only way to pay for everything he had done..
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Hiei was....he was...
Kurama gazed blankly around him, barely comprehending his surroundings in the darkness.
Hiei was gone...he had left him again...
Hiei had always resisted him...always hated Kurama for loving him, always running from what the youko felt for him. But...Kurama knew it..in that one moment, before Hiei fell back into the dimension rip..
Hiei was all his...
Kurama had pulled away, expecting the familiar flash of shock, of hatred in the jaganshi's eyes to meet him, only to find instead want...need...his eyes had been solemn, dazed.
It was like, at last, the jaganshi's heart was all Kurama's...
Kurama had waited two years for him, to hold him, to kiss him and touch him...it was the last thing sustaining him, imagining the velvet touch of the jaganshi's skin, the sweet taste of his lips...imagining the feeling of being able to love the jaganshi freely, and for Hiei to love him back...Kurama had lived a secluded life, maybe in some way hoping for his past to be buried, that maybe he could live a normal life, and forget about the demon he loved so..
But really..he had only been waiting for him...
That's why, after Yusuke left after giving him news of Hiei's return, Kurama could barely believe in escaping Hiei anymore; He could barely eat, barely sleep; When he did sleep, his dreams were wrapped entirely around Hiei, and the same thought ran through his head endlessly...
He's coming back...he's coming back...Hiei's really coming back...
Kurama had wanted Hiei so badly...it had hurt him, tore at him slowly from the inside-out. Hiei had left him, had come back and still hated him...but he had seen it in Hiei's eyes..
Hiei needed him too...
Hiei had left to train...to bring his power to the fullest...to forget everything Kurama had said to him, what Kurama had felt for him..
Or maybe...to simply train away his need for Kurama as well...what he was afraid to feel as a demon...
What was forbidden for a demon to feel...
.....
Hiei had run from Kurama...once, two years ago...
Kurama had done the same, by running from his past with Hiei, by trying to escape by living away from the Urameshi-gumi, from missions and everything that he had known to share with Hiei...
No..it was his turn.
The youko stood, wiping his pale face dry and facing the whirling dimension rip before him.
Kurama wouldn't run anymore. He would...
He would face Hiei.
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Yusuke stared off into the air, brown eyes seemingly lifeless, and breathing heavy. The house was silent, save for the occasional snore of Atsuko in the other room and sighs Yusuke released every so often.
-Hitched breathing as a response from Kurama over the phone.-
-"H-he left, Kurama. Hiei did..."-
It was like those simple words had torn his former teammate apart.
-"Yusuke-kun...Hiei has to pass through the dimensions to get out of the Ningenkai...where--?"-
Kurama had always chased after Hiei...Yusuke knew that. When Hiei had left last time, he had watched the placid expression fade from Kurama's face...how he had run away immediately after, almost sick with the idea of Hiei leaving...
And then, when Hiei had left this time, Kurama chased after him again...
Yusuke knew there was something between them, something stronger than friendship, but at the same time, nothing LESS than friendship...Kurama understood Hiei, Hiei trusted Kurama...
And Kurama had fallen for him...
Yusuke could see it now.
Hiei had left...and Kurama ran from the team, ran away from everything they had all suffered through...
That one simple action from Hiei had torn the Urameshi-gumi apart.
Yusuke's fists clenched into the fabric of the couch he sat on. He hated it -- he hated Hiei! He hated him for tearing them all apart like that. Because he had left, the only ones who had remained were him and Kuwabara. Hiei had torn them apart, separated his teammates...
Separated his friends...
He hated Hiei...but he forgave him all the same...
Because Kurama loved him. Because Kurama needed him. But Hiei...he had done it all over again...running away, and leaving them all alone once more...
He had left Kurama to suffer again...
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Kurama poised himself as he soared down from the blood-red sky, landing softly on the barren ground below him. Stoic, evergreen eyes gazed around him, praying against the arrival of any demons who knew him for his traitorous ways. 'Hiei...he's gone.' He'd ... never find him in all of the Makai...
He didn't want to give up...he'd find him..he'd die for Hiei if called the occasion...
Kurama walked slowly through, shoes crunching in the dirt as he treaded toward to the one place he knew well in this realm...
The red-head passed through the wasteland, arriving finally at a small, forest-like place; The trees barely resembled ningen ones, their trunks and leaves were black, as though burned, though glittered like beetles' eyes...like they were watching you...
Watching the youko approach a silvery light that reflected from behind their raven branches...
Kurama allowed a small grin to form on his lips.
'Shinbi lake...'
The patch of water barely hidden behind a few more trees, silhouetted against it, shone truly. It, unlike ningen waters, shone with a silvery light, the red of blood splattered throughout it. It glowed...like it was mystical...
It was merely a place of death, though. Demons discarded of enemies they had killed here, having no use of them. It was...so beautiful...for what it was.
Kurama's heart rose in his chest as he saw someone's silhouette against the lake's silver light, leaning against a tree and staring off into the waters, their raven hair obtaining a faerie-like glow from it...
'Hiei....'
Hiei was captivated with this lake.
Kurama remembered, back before him, Gouki and Hiei had left to the Reikai to steal the Dark Artifacts, they had stopped here before heading off.
-"It's a beautiful lake.."- Kurama remembered the jaganshi muttering.
-"Beautiful? That's unlike you, Hiei. You don't seem the type to be mesmerized by beauty like this lake.."-
-"Demons die here...and their bodies still lie at it's bottom...the blood in the water makes it beautiful." he had replied bluntly.-
-"Heh. Whatever you say, Hiei."-
Kurama approached Hiei slowly, watching his pale features become beautiful in the lake's light. Hiei remained unwary of Kurama's presence.
This lake was beautiful to Hiei...the jaganshi would never admit it though.
Kurama managed a sad smile.
If only he knew...just how much more beautiful Shinbi lake became when Hiei was there..
A loud snap rang through the air as Kurama stepped on a fallen branch. Hiei snapped to attention, face turning just slightly to the noise.
'Hiei...' He was here. He had followed Hiei, like he hadn't before, when he left last.
He wasn't going to run from what he felt for Hiei...and he hoped Hiei would do the same. He would be brave...
And he needed so much strength right now...just to speak to him...
'Gods...give me strength...!'
".......Hiei.."
The said demon turned fully now, pale features facing Kurama.
Gods, he was so beautiful...so flawless...
A soft smile spread across Hiei's lips, and he turned to Kurama. "Nani...?"
'He's really smiling...for me...' Kurama could barely speak.
"I...came for you, Hiei..." Kurama watched Hiei's expression, watching for a single flash of dismissal or hatred or fear through his crimson eyes...Hiei continued a thoughtful gaze at the kitsune as he listened. "I...I'm not letting you run away again...I..." he stumbled over the words, not sure what to say. His heart beat heavily in his chest, ringing out every feeling he had for Hiei clearly. "I can't tell if you'll ever understand." His head lowered, red hair spilling freely over his eyes. "It was torture, living without you for those two years...I don't know if you'll understand but...I just can't live without you...it's too painful...I need you so badly...Hiei..."
He didn't want to be dismissed by Hiei's eyes again...it was painful enough that night at Yusuke's house, when he had advanced on Hiei a second time, hoping the demon would harbor some feelings for him...
-"After two years, you're still lusting after me like a pathetic ningen...it's like the youko doesn't exist within you at all. I still remember what you said at the Dark Tournament. I couldn't say anything to you then, but now I can. I don't love you Kurama...I never have, and I never will."-
...but the look in his eyes...the pure hatred...was more painful than anything Hiei could ever say to hurt him. Just like that day, two years ago...that look of shock...of fear...of dismissal..
It tore Kurama apart like never before.
Hiei refused to respond, making the youko's heart only beat faster in nervousness. "Hiei...I..." It was so hard... but... "Hiei, ai...ai shiteru..."
No response. Had he been wrong...? The need he had seen flash through Hiei's eyes....when they had kissed before...had it been other than that...?
What if Hiei never really needed him...?
That thought remained firmly in his head as he stared down at the ground...until he saw Hiei's feet..Hiei was approaching him...
"H-Hiei...?" Kurama looked up, startled, and watched the jaganshi whose eyes were hidden by his raven bangs. His pale hands lifted, taking hold of Kurama and...wrapped around his torso. He pushed his face into Kurama's chest.
"Hiei..."
He remained silent, save for one thought that passed through the demon's head:
'Why didn't you come for me before...?'
"Kurama," he murmured softly, holding him tighter.
Kurama..was breathless. He wrapped his own arms around Hiei's small body, burying his face into his raven locks.
'The warmth...' Hiei said mentally to himself. 'Just like last time...'
Kurama nuzzled his cheek against Hiei's smooth, soft face, facing him slowly. Hiei greeted him with a dazed stare and a slight blush creeping up his cheeks. (A/N: Kawaii!)
"Kurama...?"
He had to know...he had waited two years for this...for Hiei....
"Hiei..do you love me?" he murmured, hitting himself mentally for asking such a question so soon. But gods...he had waited for Hiei, and loved him from afar...
That was all he needed from Hiei now...
The jaganshi continued an intense stare at Kurama, almost searching his face for something...Kurama waited anxiously, heart skipping a beat.
'Hiei...gods, please...'
Silence continued to ensue, before another slight smile spread across Hiei's features...the same smile that made him more beautiful than Kurama could imagine....
"Hai...ai shiteru, Kurama."
If it was possible, everything within Kurama stopped.
'Hiei...' Kurama buried his head into Hiei's shoulder, lips spreading into a peaceful smile, before whispering:
"Thank you Hiei..."
He lifted his head again, placing small kisses along Hiei's neck and jawline, before finally reaching Hiei's lips, which he kissed sweetly, pushing the smaller demon's pale lips apart with his tongue. Hiei moaned breathily, leaning into Kurama more and submitting. The youko placed a hand along his soft cheek, relishing his feel.
This was...perfect.
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"Disgusting," Akujin murmured to himself, leaping out of the trees stealthily and silently, back to the remainder of his race, which waited far off, near the edge of the forest.
"It is Hiei?" asked a younger kageoni, nearly frightened of the idea that they might have gotten the wrong jaganshi. Akujin walked past, though murmuring an "Aa," under his breath.
"...though barely," he continued, standing away so only the demon largest in brawn could hear. "The Forbidden Child I knew to have destroyed nearly the entire kageoni race has gone soft." A snarl formed in his lips. "Damn! Pathetic ningen-wannabe." His flame-red hair flew into his face, shielding his furious features.
Ran, the larger demon, nodded, comprehending Akujin's words. "What shall we do, Akujin-sama...?" he said, rather hopelessly for the situation.
"Simple," Akujin remarked harshly. "I'll kill him."
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To be continued!!!
A/N: What'd you all think? This chapter (and the one I will be posting next update) were originally one chapter, only 3 pages long...so, you can see, I'm madly revising this. I may as well be writing an entirely different story!!! ;; Tis tiring. Oh, well. I decided to continue what would have been the rest of the chapter in an entirely different chapter. This one turned out to be longer, mainly because I added a little more history and POV to our bearer of plot, Akujin-sama, as well as that Yusuke reflection back there. I hope you enjoyed. This chapter was mainly fluff, revealing a lot of the feelings and stuff that were between Kurama and Hiei. And, just asking, who can tell by reading this that I lurve UkeHiei? There's so much semeHiei stuff it's scary...this story was originally semeHiei...::shudders:: Anyway, enough of my babbling, I'm bored! Review please! I'll try to update soon! Ja!