TAAAA DAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! It's chapter eight! And it promises to just as infamous as all the other infamous chapters of this infamous fanfic! X.X
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(Kurama's POV)
"M-mother?" I called, as I slowly opened the front door with extreme and undivided... caution.
"She's not here," Hiei stated firmly, folding his arms. The small fire demon soon gave me an impatient nudge when I refused to believe his conclusion.
"Hiei, you used to be cute," I told him sarcastically, making my way into the kitchen. "Mother?"
Then it hit me. Hiei did start acting differently at the park. And further more... why had he called me fox before?
It couldn't be... that Hiei really was...
NO!
But I was still suspicious.
"Hiei, when we visited Hiff Clanger at the hospital, you... you called me 'fox'."
"...Yeah...?"
"Why did you call me that...?"
There was a long silence. Hiei wouldn't open his mouth. It certainly wasn't because... he had done it, unknowing that it might give his act away!!
Ahem, not that he was acting, of course.
He shrugged... suspiciously.
"Why, Hiei?" I asked firmly, giving him a stern look.
"Why do you ask?" he snapped back, sounding extremely guilty.
"Because... if you have amnesia, you wouldn't know to call me 'fox'!" I cried, stepping towards him, perhaps a little too excited.
His eyes became wide, almost fearful... and his soft expression once again came over his face.
"Are you... mad at me?" Sure enough, his cute and innocent tone returned.
I raised my eyebrow in suspicion, but nevertheless, I stopped dead in my tracks and shut up.
Who could stay mad at such an adorable looking Hiei!
I smiled cheerfully and rushed to wrap my arms around him, nuzzling the top of his head affectionately with my chin.
"Kurama... may I borrow your room for a minute?" he asked, sounding shy and embarrassed.
"Of course you can, Hiei. Why?"
"I wanted to change. It's getting late and I don't like all these belts...."
"Hmm-hm! Just look through the drawers, you'll find something to wear," I said, releasing him from my tight hug.
Hiei hurried up, stopping halfway up the stairs to smile at me, then continued.
I laughed to myself softly.
I would never tire of his cuteness.
(Hiei's POV)
"Hmmm... where... is... ah!" I chirped, as I pulled out a pair of pajamas from one of my Kurama's drawers (mine I say! MINE!!).
After putting them on, I realized just how much bigger Kura was (oh... to be wrapped in his arm!)... So I hurried over to his mirror to inspect myself, and began to roll up the sleeves of the pajamas.
"Huh?" I question out load, as I noticed a headband wrapped around my, well, head. Certainly it wasn't needed. What was it? Some sort of fashion statement!? (Did Kurama like it?) ...I didn't really like how it tied in so well with my hair. My hair was so strange anyway (have to fix that later...). I didn't want to draw attention to it with a pointless headband!
I reached up to pull it off...
(Yusuke's POV)
DAMN YOU MOTHER! DAMN YOU!
Kurama would kill me if he knew that my own mother was the one who hit him. And... that I was right there, laughing and playing music along with her.
I vow never to go near cars again...
"What the heck is wrong with you?" Kuwabara asked, giving me the same strange and suspicious look the others were giving me.
"...I... forgot to feed... my fish," I answered, nervously.
"You don't have a fish," Shizuru countered, accusingly.
"HE DIED!? OH GOD! NO! NOT... FLUFFY!" I screamed, pretending to break out in tears.
"Whoa! Calm down! It was just a fish!" Shizuru said, attempting to comfort me... I... think.
"JUST a fish!?" Kuwabara yelled out in my defense. "Pets are people too!"
And with that, Kuwabara began to cry, and at closer glance, there were little gems covering to floor where Yukina was standing.
Wow, I was a good actor!
"Stop worrying about the fish!" Yukina cried out, sounding extremely upset. "Hiei's hurt and Kurama's tremendously worried about him!"
So I wasn't that great of an actor after all...
"Oh, Yukina..." Shizuru said softly, putting her arm around the smaller girl.
"C'mon," I started, turning to face everyone. "Let's go to Kurama's house."
(Hiei's POV)
What... the... FUCK!?
"KURAMAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed in horror, again wishing I could weep.
"HIEI, WHAT'S WRONG!?" Kurama cried out in alarm, nearly tripping over his own feet as he rushed into the room.
"I'M A FREAK!!!!" I screeched, pointing at the horrible, horrible THING bedded within my forehead.
"Hiei, calm down!" he said, still sounding nervous as I began to whimper.
Kurama looked around frantically, then ran over to me and placed him hands firmly on each of my shoulders.
"You never let me explain," he told me, his voice soft and protecting. He stepped closer to me and slid his arms around my waist, then leaning his head close to my ear to whisper softly in it... "We're demons, Hiei. It's in our nature to look differently from humans... and to kill..."
I stood silently, trying to soak it all in.
"Of course, we... we don't have to be... unkind," Kurama continued, sounding hesitant, almost as though he might start crying.
I wouldn't allow that.
"You're no demon, Kurama."
"H-Huh?" he asked, leaning back to look me in the eye.
"Your intelligence goes far beyond any human, and your heart... is far more caring than any demon could be. And you're too beautiful for either. If anything... you must be an angel."
Kurama continued to look at me in silence, a soft smile on his lips and eyes shinning with his unshed tears.
"Don't ever change, Hiei..." he whispered, hugging me tightly against him.
"...Then I guess this THING is going to have to stay...?"
"I'm afraid so."
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Heh, I know this chapter should have been longer. All of the chapters should, really. I'm being a mean, mean authoress! But what might make me nicer are some reviews! YAY!
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(Kurama's POV)
"M-mother?" I called, as I slowly opened the front door with extreme and undivided... caution.
"She's not here," Hiei stated firmly, folding his arms. The small fire demon soon gave me an impatient nudge when I refused to believe his conclusion.
"Hiei, you used to be cute," I told him sarcastically, making my way into the kitchen. "Mother?"
Then it hit me. Hiei did start acting differently at the park. And further more... why had he called me fox before?
It couldn't be... that Hiei really was...
NO!
But I was still suspicious.
"Hiei, when we visited Hiff Clanger at the hospital, you... you called me 'fox'."
"...Yeah...?"
"Why did you call me that...?"
There was a long silence. Hiei wouldn't open his mouth. It certainly wasn't because... he had done it, unknowing that it might give his act away!!
Ahem, not that he was acting, of course.
He shrugged... suspiciously.
"Why, Hiei?" I asked firmly, giving him a stern look.
"Why do you ask?" he snapped back, sounding extremely guilty.
"Because... if you have amnesia, you wouldn't know to call me 'fox'!" I cried, stepping towards him, perhaps a little too excited.
His eyes became wide, almost fearful... and his soft expression once again came over his face.
"Are you... mad at me?" Sure enough, his cute and innocent tone returned.
I raised my eyebrow in suspicion, but nevertheless, I stopped dead in my tracks and shut up.
Who could stay mad at such an adorable looking Hiei!
I smiled cheerfully and rushed to wrap my arms around him, nuzzling the top of his head affectionately with my chin.
"Kurama... may I borrow your room for a minute?" he asked, sounding shy and embarrassed.
"Of course you can, Hiei. Why?"
"I wanted to change. It's getting late and I don't like all these belts...."
"Hmm-hm! Just look through the drawers, you'll find something to wear," I said, releasing him from my tight hug.
Hiei hurried up, stopping halfway up the stairs to smile at me, then continued.
I laughed to myself softly.
I would never tire of his cuteness.
(Hiei's POV)
"Hmmm... where... is... ah!" I chirped, as I pulled out a pair of pajamas from one of my Kurama's drawers (mine I say! MINE!!).
After putting them on, I realized just how much bigger Kura was (oh... to be wrapped in his arm!)... So I hurried over to his mirror to inspect myself, and began to roll up the sleeves of the pajamas.
"Huh?" I question out load, as I noticed a headband wrapped around my, well, head. Certainly it wasn't needed. What was it? Some sort of fashion statement!? (Did Kurama like it?) ...I didn't really like how it tied in so well with my hair. My hair was so strange anyway (have to fix that later...). I didn't want to draw attention to it with a pointless headband!
I reached up to pull it off...
(Yusuke's POV)
DAMN YOU MOTHER! DAMN YOU!
Kurama would kill me if he knew that my own mother was the one who hit him. And... that I was right there, laughing and playing music along with her.
I vow never to go near cars again...
"What the heck is wrong with you?" Kuwabara asked, giving me the same strange and suspicious look the others were giving me.
"...I... forgot to feed... my fish," I answered, nervously.
"You don't have a fish," Shizuru countered, accusingly.
"HE DIED!? OH GOD! NO! NOT... FLUFFY!" I screamed, pretending to break out in tears.
"Whoa! Calm down! It was just a fish!" Shizuru said, attempting to comfort me... I... think.
"JUST a fish!?" Kuwabara yelled out in my defense. "Pets are people too!"
And with that, Kuwabara began to cry, and at closer glance, there were little gems covering to floor where Yukina was standing.
Wow, I was a good actor!
"Stop worrying about the fish!" Yukina cried out, sounding extremely upset. "Hiei's hurt and Kurama's tremendously worried about him!"
So I wasn't that great of an actor after all...
"Oh, Yukina..." Shizuru said softly, putting her arm around the smaller girl.
"C'mon," I started, turning to face everyone. "Let's go to Kurama's house."
(Hiei's POV)
What... the... FUCK!?
"KURAMAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed in horror, again wishing I could weep.
"HIEI, WHAT'S WRONG!?" Kurama cried out in alarm, nearly tripping over his own feet as he rushed into the room.
"I'M A FREAK!!!!" I screeched, pointing at the horrible, horrible THING bedded within my forehead.
"Hiei, calm down!" he said, still sounding nervous as I began to whimper.
Kurama looked around frantically, then ran over to me and placed him hands firmly on each of my shoulders.
"You never let me explain," he told me, his voice soft and protecting. He stepped closer to me and slid his arms around my waist, then leaning his head close to my ear to whisper softly in it... "We're demons, Hiei. It's in our nature to look differently from humans... and to kill..."
I stood silently, trying to soak it all in.
"Of course, we... we don't have to be... unkind," Kurama continued, sounding hesitant, almost as though he might start crying.
I wouldn't allow that.
"You're no demon, Kurama."
"H-Huh?" he asked, leaning back to look me in the eye.
"Your intelligence goes far beyond any human, and your heart... is far more caring than any demon could be. And you're too beautiful for either. If anything... you must be an angel."
Kurama continued to look at me in silence, a soft smile on his lips and eyes shinning with his unshed tears.
"Don't ever change, Hiei..." he whispered, hugging me tightly against him.
"...Then I guess this THING is going to have to stay...?"
"I'm afraid so."
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Heh, I know this chapter should have been longer. All of the chapters should, really. I'm being a mean, mean authoress! But what might make me nicer are some reviews! YAY!