Title: A Drug for Everything
Authors: Makoto Sagara and Skeren Dreamera
Category: Shonen ai
Rating: R
Pairings: Kurama Yuusuke, Kurama Hiei Kurama, Yuusuke Keiko, Kuwabara Yukina
Warnings: Shonen ai, language, OOC, set after the Raisen saga
Disclaimers: We don't hold any claim over Yu Yu Hakusho. Yoshihiro Togashi-sensei, Funimation, TV Tokyo, and a few other companies own it and its characters. We are only using them out of deep love and reverence and mean no offence. We make no money off of our joint adventure. Please, remember that suing is bad for your karma and your skin!

A/N: This is the first time that Mako has worked on a YYH fic, so cut her some slack. She usually only does GW or WK, but seeing as how she's a HUGE fan of YYH and HunterxHunter (another anime by Togashi-sensei), she decided to let Skeren drag her into this little mess of a wonderful fic.

Chapter 3

Yuusuke looked up from the ground. "Tag? Aren't we a bit old for that?"

"No. I've always loved tag." Kurama moved from foot to foot. "So, do you want to?" Kurama tilted his head. "Of course, in my version of tag you have to actually catch the other person."

Yuusuke shook his head. "Not enough people for my tastes. If Kuwabara or Hiei were here, then I'd go for it."

Kurama sighed, moving forward to peer more closely at Yuusuke, only mischief in his eyes. "Does that mean you think you can't catch me?"

Yuusuke flipped back onto his feet. "I didn't say that... Man, I'm hungry for some reason."

"Must be all the energy you're using." Kurama moved forward, a grin on his face. "So, if you think you can catch me, then lets test. Just to see who's faster."

Yuusuke looked at him for a minute. "Nah. I'm too hungry to run."

Kurama sighed softly, glancing around for a moment. "Anything you aren't willing to eat?"

Yuusuke looked around them. "I'm not eating those things," he said, pointing to the dead fish on the pool's banks.

"That's fortunate. They're poisonous. Maybe you're not as dumb as I previously thought," Genkai said, walking into the clearing.

Kurama turned to look at Genkai, clearly amused. "I didn't hear you." It was praise, since he'd actually been listening.

Genkai nodded. "Of course not. So, I could hear you two offals talking about a hundred or so yards back. Keiko's gone home for the night, as it's rather dark. And Yukina has cooked something to eat. Are you interested? Or would you rather stay here?" She sniffed the air. "After baths."

Kurama gave her an amused look. "I come right back outside."

She shrugged. "Suit yourself. I don't think you'd fit in my temple any more than Kuwabara does. But, since I can't rid of him, he has to deal. As will you," she stated, walking through the forest.

Yuusuke grinned at Kurama. "Race you back." He then took off as fast as he could.

Kurama made a startled sound and took off in the direction Yuusuke had gone without answering Genkai, more interested in winning the race. He was taller, that gave him at least equality from that head start.

"If you break anything, you're replacing it," Genkai shouted dryly.

Kurama made his way up to the temple, looking around quickly to see if he was able to get there or if Yuusuke was, indeed, quicker.

Yuusuke waved from the door of the temple. "What too you so long?" he asked with a huge smirk. He turned around to see the blue-green haired demoness behind him. "Heya, Yukina."

Kurama wrinkled his nose. So he was clearly better at hiding than running. Damn.

Yukina was eyeing them both oddly. "You don't look like yourselves and you are filthy. Go wash."

Yuusuke laughed. "Sure thing. Tell Fox-boy he's too slow," he said, walking off to find the baths.

Yukina opened her mouth to speak before Kurama darted forward, tapping Yuusuke with a light slap before moving towards the baths. "I have my own talents Yuusuke."

Yuusuke snorted, shutting the bath door behind them, and stripping completely before going to soak in the hot tub of water. "Eh, I bet. I'll just have to ask Hiei later about that."

Kurama took off his soaked pants and realized he'd left his shirt back at the swamps. "I left my shirt." He climbed in after Yuusuke with no concern for modesty, sinking almost entirely under in an effort to get swamp ooze off without drowning himself. When he surfaced, he looked at Yuusuke in confusion. "Why would Hiei know any better than you do?"

"He's known you longer," Yuusuke said in a tone that was laced with the obviousness of his answer.

"Only a few months longer." Kurama looked at Yuusuke in amusement. He'd met Hiei before he'd originally told Yuusuke, yes, but only by about two months.

Yuusuke shrugged, relaxing in the hot water. "I don't know if I like the running, forest, or this bath more."

Kurama chuckled a bit, eyeing Yuusuke in amusement before closing his eyes and sinking under the water, toes brushing over Yuusuke's calf as he stretched out in the water a bit.

Yuusuke's eyes widened a bit at the touch against his leg before closing them completely and relaxing fully. "So what do we do after we eat? Were we transformed this long yesterday?"

"I don't think so. It's longer today." Kurama noticed what had happened and blinked, letting his body rest how it was to brush along Yuusuke's leg every time he so much as twitched. He couldn't get comfortable though, and he moved forward, pressing closer to Yuusuke as he swept his tail out from where it had been in line to be stuck with a little glare into the water.

Yuusuke mentally shrugged. He was a bit more comfortable in the water than he'd been in Kurama's room. "Seems like it. I don't know if I like it though."

"No?" Kurama shifted up to Yuusuke's side, nearly touching. "There is something about the wall over there that is trying to eat my tail."

Yuusuke cracked an eye, seeing his little blue familiar. "It's just Puu. He must sleep in here." He shrugged again and closed his eye.

Kurama eyed Puu for a moment. "Well, you wouldn't try to eat my tail, would you?" He lifted it from the water a bit. "It certainly doesn't look appetizing."

"I doubt he wanted to eat it... Maybe he wanted something play with?"

"Oh?" Kurama regarded Yuusuke for a moment then looked back to Puu. "My tail is a bit too sensitive for any continued use as a toy, so no."

Puu let out an indignant squeak. "He wants you to stop looking at him now," Yuusuke said sleepily.

Kurama chuckled a bit, looking back to Yuusuke. "It isn't exactly healthy to fall asleep in a hot tub, Yuusuke." He moved a little, and his side was pressed against Yuusuke's.

Yuusuke blinked a bit. "Like I care? The hag'll be here in about ten to get us anyway. Go wash up."

Kurama snorted, shaking his head. "What do you think I did while I was underwater, Yuusuke? I'm not hard to keep clean. The threat to your health is in drowning, not anything else I've heard."

Yuusuke looked at Kurama like he was dumb. "The cold wash up is over there," he said, pointing to the stool next to a faucet. "You're still part humanoid, even in your youkai form. Go."

Kurama snorted, getting up and out. "You need to as well." He strode over, snatching up some soap and a cloth as he passed to the faucet and readied himself for the chill.

Yuusuke shrugged. "I'll do it after you. C'mere, Puu." The little blue thing came and sat on the edge of the tub with Yuusuke, and the boy petted the creature for a bit.

Kurama was quick about it, and he got to his feet, moving away from it as he considered Puu and Yuusuke for a moment, before looking around. There had to be towels here somewhere.

"Closet in the outer room," Yuusuke said, smiling at Puu a bit.

Kurama followed the indicated directions, pulling a couple out and starting to dry off. He stopped mentally to think while he dried. "You can read me."

Yuusuke stood up from the tub, moving over to the stool. "Eh, a bit, but mostly that's what everyone forgets when they first stay here."

"You knew exactly what I was thinking when we were caught on that sweeping fight. That takes a bit more skill." Kurama worked through his hair, ruffling it to get it as dry as he could before moving to do the same to his tail, just more gently.

Yuusuke turned on the water, clenching his teeth as he soaped up and washed it off. "Sorta... I'm more perceptive in this form," he managed, stepping out for his own towel to dry off.

Kurama gave Yuusuke a sly look, laying his ears to his head so he wouldn't bother them as he dealt with his hair. "Ah, but Yuusuke, you weren't in that form."

Yuusuke blinked as he wrapped a towel around his waist. "Er, you're right. I dunno then." He simply shrugged as he moved out of the room to find out what Genkai'd done with his things so he could get dressed.

Kurama laughed quietly, flicking his tail a few times to rid it of water before tossing his towel around him to follow after Yuusuke.

Genkai was standing outside of one of the rooms down the hall. "Your things are in here. Dress and meet Yukina and I in the main room." She pointed to the door and waited for both boys to obey her.

Kurama wasn't all that happy about being inside at the moment, but he ignored it, ducking into the indicated room and looking around for the clothes.

Yuusuke followed behind Kurama with a dirty look to Genkai. He noticed his bags against the far wall, and walked quickly to them. He rooted through them, pulling out a pair of loose pants, and ignoring a shirt.

Kurama gave Yuusuke an amused look, having a little more trouble getting his clothes, but he was soon dressed in pants that fell low on his hips and a vest. That would do. "It appears that you will be showing Yukina your markings then?" He got out a sash, tying it loosely around his waist. He didn't want to lose his pants again if he started to shrink.

Yuusuke looked at Kurama for a minute. "She can already see the ones on my face. As if a few more makes a difference."

"So you were only concerned about Keiko then?" Kurama raised an eyebrow, flicking his tail from side to side. He didn't know where the loose clothing he was wearing was from, but he was glad it had been found.

Yuusuke rooted through his bag again, pulling out a brush and taking care of his longer hair. "Keiko doesn't know yet, and I'm not really keen on telling her either. Yukina, on the other hand, saw us before we took our baths. No way around that."

Kurama nodded, mirroring Yuusuke's actions after a second, taming down what his vigorous rubbing with the towel had caused so his ears weren't placed funny anymore. "Another good point."

"Sometimes, I can be smart." His tone was humorless as he dropped his hairbrush on top of his bag. "Now, to get something to eat. I could devour a whole horse at this point in time."

Kurama dug out a hair tie and pulled his hair back loosely, not in the mood to leave it down. "Considering how busy of a day it's been, I can understand that."

Yuusuke shrugged. "It's been worse. I'm sure you understand what I'm saying." He left the room and headed in the direction the smell of food was coming from.

Kurama merely nodded, following Yuusuke in silence. Why comment when he did know what he meant?

After dinner, and being forced to clean the kitchen for Yukina, Yuusuke found himself sitting out on the porch of the main temple building, looking up at the stars. He heard the other demon as he approached, but said nothing to him.

Kurama made no move to break the silence, instead sinking down onto a patch of grass a few feet away from Yuusuke and glancing up as well. He then looked to Yuusuke before closing his eyes and listening.

Yuusuke smiled faintly at the companionable silence, and only moved when Puu reappeared to perch on his shoulder. He looked over to glare at the odd bird-like familiar. "What?"

"Puu!"

Yuusuke sighed and ignored it as it continued to make noises at him.

Kurama opened his eyes and regarded the little spirit creature with amusement, a small smile on his lips. "I never did ask if you could understand what he says to you."

Yuusuke looked over at Kurama. "Seeing as how he's some part of me, it would be dumb if I couldn't, now wouldn't it?" His tone was light, but his eyes were clouded.

Kurama tilted his head a little. "I suppose it's true. But not everyone can understand themselves."

The black-haired demon just looked back into the trees. "I'm not that complicated. I like to fight, joke around, and talk to pretty girls. What else is there about me?"

"There's plenty more, but I won't pretend to know all of it." Kurama peered down at the grass, head tilted to the side as he listened to a bird off to his right absently.

Yuusuke flicked the blue creature off his shoulder. "Be quiet, Puu. You're annoying me. Go bug Genkai." He let out a sharp yelp as his familiar bit him and flew away.

Kurama flicked his gaze back to Yuusuke as he heard the noise and shook his head with a little laugh as he flicked his ears forward. "Get a little annoyed, did he?"

Yuusuke glared and Kurama before turning back to stare at the dark sky again. "I guess he didn't like me dismissing myself... Do you know how odd that sounds?"

"How could I not know how odd that sounds?" Kurama swished his tail a little in amusement.

The black haired demon chuckled dryly. "It sounds even worse when you have to say it."

"At least when you dismiss yourself you aren't doing it to the same body." Kurama's golden eyes got a highly amused gleam. "But yes, it does sound bad."

Yuusuke shook his head. "Yeah, I guess you would be the only person who understands that problem."

"Of course." Kurama glanced around then picked a pine needle from the forest floor, studying it. "I do think our silence was effectively broken."

"I blame the blue thing." Yuusuke turned his head to reveal an almost feral grin.

"I'd say that's a good reason." Kurama moved a bit, coming up into a crouch and swishing his tail as he regarded Yuusuke playfully.

Yuusuke shook his head. "You know, I thought that 'good children' like you would be asleep by now."

Kurama leaned a hand on the ground and smirked a little. "I like to pretend to be a good boy; that doesn't mean I am one."

Yuusuke couldn't help the snort that escaped him. "At least everyone knows with me that what they see is what they get - an ass kicking."

"But that's so forward. Since being human, I've found I've a liking for hiding that little trick better." Kurama gave his tail another flick and shifted his stance, watching to test out that ass kicking theory, just for fun.

Yuusuke would have responded, but a faint stirring in the tree branches caught his attention. "You can come out, Hiei!"

The black fire demon flicked through the trees until he was standing on the ground in front of the porch. "So, are you continuing to tease him, Kurama?"

Kurama leaned back from his near pounce and twisted his head to look at Hiei. "You make it sound like I'm being cruel."

Hiei's blood red eyes pierced right through the silver-haired kitsune. "You are."

"I'm not! I'm doing not a thing wrong." Kurama flicked his tail and lifted his chin haughtily.

Hiei grunted noncommittally, watching the kitsune and then glancing at Uremeshi out of the corner of his eyes.

Yuusuke couldn't help but grin again. "Not intentionally anyway."

Kurama looked back to Yuusuke and stuck out his tongue childishly. "Not at all!"

Yuusuke started to laugh, and even Hiei snorted at Kurama's behavior. The two black haired demons found the kitsune to be highly amusing at that point.

Kurama huffed and pushed to his feet, pointedly brushing himself off.

Hiei straightened himself up a bit. "Yukina?"

Yuusuke shook his head. "I wouldn't do that. Genkai's still pissed at you and Kuwabara for that fight you almost had on the grounds."

Hiei glared at Yuusuke contemptuously. "Where?"

Yuusuke shrugged, leaning back on his elbows. "Probably in her sleeping quarters about now. It's kinda late."

Kurama gave Hiei an amused look, over his upset. "You mean to wake her?"

Hiei switched his glare to Kurama. "It's none of your business."

"If you'd like to think so." Kurama nodded a little and looked to Yuusuke again.

Yuusuke could sense the tension in the taller demon, who was standing while he lay down, and wondered what the hell had him so antsy. "Kurama, your tails are about to catch on fire." He waved a hand at the fireball at the kitsune's feet.

Kurama blinked and flicked his gaze down before skittering back. "Hiei! There was no need to do that!"

Hiei let a slow, almost scary, smile shadow across his face before shaking his head. "It made me feel less irritated."

Kurama didn't even think before he pounced on Hiei, using speed to actually make it work. "Less irritated eh?" Kurama peered down at Hiei, knowing the tackle wouldn't last all that long.

A look of surprise flittered across the smaller demon's face before he settled on a glare. "Yes."

Kurama grinned a little as he caught the expression and firmly arranged himself on Hiei's chest. "Then don't pick less irritated on me."

Hiei just intensified his glare. "I will do what I want."

"As will I." Kurama leaned over, grinning widely. "So, we're at an impasse." He stopped close enough that he was almost touching noses with the smaller demon.

Hiei snorted. "No. We have come to an agreement." He made no move to make Kurama get off of him at all, and he didn't care if Yuusuke watched this little scene between him and Kurama either.

"Agreement then. I caught you off guard." Kurama sounded a little pleased with this, and he flicked his ears forward as he touched noses with Hiei.

Hiei shrugged as if it was no big deal. "Hn."

"Good." Kurama lifted his head slightly to drop a kiss on Hiei's nose, feeling more playful than seductive at just that moment.

Hiei's nose twitched at the action, and the sound of Yuusuke clearing his throat amused him once more.

Kurama lifted his head further to glance over at Yuusuke with a secretive smile, his hair tickling against Hiei's cheek. "You needed something Yuusuke?"

Yuusuke could feel the faint blush across his face and was glad that it was actually fairly dark. "No, but you have an audience..."

"What, were you feeling left out? If so, then just come over here." Kurama glanced to Hiei, noting the amusement from him before looking at the other black haired demon again.

Yuusuke stood, not really sure what he was going to do. "Eh, no thanks," he managed, walking quickly back into the temple.

"You frightened him."

Kurama looked back to Hiei. "But I didn't even do anything." He was genuinely confused. He understood, but he also didn't understand.

Hiei snorted. "You think that I know?"

"Well no. If I don't get it I doubt you would." Kurama smirked, his mood returning as he leaned back over Hiei, shaking his head so his hair tickled at the other a little.

Hiei wrenched a hand free and swatted at the long white strands. "Stop that."

Kurama laughed a bit and caught up the little hand in his larger one. "Abusing my hair now are you?"

Hiei glared, his good mood gone. "Stop it." The unsaid 'or else' hung poignantly in the air between the two of them.

Kurama tossed his head, and his hair fell down his back instead of in Hiei's face. "Spoilsport."

"Hn."

Kurama leaned over and dropped a kiss on Hiei's covered Jagan lightly. "I get it. I killed your good mood."