To Tifa16: Great to hear from you again! Thanks for your review. As for the whistle, I have no idea how I came up with the instant summoning Kurama part. It just seemed really cute!

To Minamino: Thank you, thank you, thank you. By the way, you don't happen to be related to a certain redheaded fox demon thief, do you? If so, put in a good word for me! PLEEEEEEAAAASSSEEE?

To Jessica: Will do, will do. Thanks for reviewing. Please continue to support me, as I'll continue to add more chapters! Hopefully I'll be able to update fast, like, every other day or so.

To Chocolatesoapbubbles: Yes, Hiei is indeed kawaii, baby or otherwise. And yes, I agree that before he went ningen Youko Kurama was a sex god, but I have to admit I have a partiality for Inari-sama (fox-god dude) when it comes to that title. Thanks for your review! As for my hw, I can only hope it won't interfere with my fic writing.

To jus Kita: OO Whoa. Longer review than the first. Thanks! But I'd say that your babble is more of a personality quirk (in a good way) that makes your reviews in particular so funny, and please, the 'san' part is a bit too formal. Call me Fugen-chan, if ya want! Oh, and as for the katana question, maybe...

To EIEI: Don't worry, I'll write more, definitely. However, I'm afraid that, although Kurama is my yyh favorite, Hiei comes first! So I'll be writing for the love of Hiei, not Kurama, or maybe both of them. Thanks for reviewing! Please review again!

To tensi-notia: (sigh) Unfortunately, I am not selling any chibi hieis or youkos. I wish I was, but alas, I cannot. Reason one: I really don't have any. Reason two: Why would I sell off a adorable chibi hiei and youko pair? They'd be too cute to sell off! Arigato for your review!

To KitsuneAkai13: Please don't die!!!! I need non-flaming, enthusiastic reviewers like you to keep my fic going! If you died, and there was no one else, who would I write for? You're crucial! Well, there's also Hiei and Kurama, but then, Hiei always groans like it's the apocalypse whenever I start writing, and Kurama...well, he's always occupied with Hiei.

Kurama: (smiles) True, true. That I am.

Hiei: Hn.

Chapter 4: Bath Time

Good news: Both babies were in the tub. Kurama seemed to be enjoying his bath.

Bad news: Hiei wasn't.

Whoever came up with the fact that fire demons hated water obviously never came across Hiei,

for the word 'hate' just did NOT cover it. Hiei had struggled all the way, and the instant his bare

skin touched the actually nicely warm water, he began flailing about with his arms and trying to

jerk out of Yukina's gentle hands. Forget just holding him down by hand. Someone needed to

get an anchor.

"Hiei, the water's not gonna kill you!" Yusuke cried out for the hundredth time. Amazingly (or

not), Hiei paused his struggling just for a second in order to shoot a 'Hell-You-Know' glare at

him. As for Kurama, he seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the spectacle. Hiei's flailing splashed

up the shallow water, creating a nice opportunity for Kurama to jump around in the splashing

water, yipping happily. Keiko sighed, "Well, at least ONE of them is enjoying it." "Note to self,

never have kids," Yusuke muttered. "Or at least just not one like Hiei."

At last it became unbearable for Hiei. And of course, as all babies do when it becomes

unbearable (or if Kuwabara just steps into their line of fire and they don't have any ammo), he

began crying. The whistle dropped out of his mouth and into the water. Considering how Hiei

had protested on leaving the whistle behind in any place besides his mouth, everyone began

taking his crying seriously. Kurama even stopped playing around and looked inquiringly at Hiei.

"It's all right," Yukina cooed comfortingly. She lifted Hiei out of the bathtub, drying him of

whatever water he had on him (plenty, since he was splashing around) and dressing him in his

clothes again. With Hiei still crying and flailing a bit, it took some time, enough for Keiko and

Botan to easily give Kurama his bath. After that, they took both babies back into the living

room, setting them down on a spread out towel and covering each one with a separate, smaller

towel. As Keiko went off to find the hair dryer in order to dry off Kurama's fur, Yusuke threw

up his hands in exasperation and exclaimed, "Why not just give Hiei a tongue bath? Y'know,

like animals do. Maybe he's less terrified of spit."

If words ever had power, this was a time when they really did exercise that power. Half-

covered with a towel, Kurama bounded over to the little Koorime infant. Enthusiastically he

began licking Hiei all over, or at lest every spot of bare skin. Hiei stopped crying out of surprise.

Not bad. This was better than that horrible abyss of water, fenced by walls and a row of big

humans. As if nothing was going on, Hiei began clumsily, in a babyish sort of way, stroking

Kurama's wet fur.

Dead. Silence.

"Y'know, it was a joke..."

Keiko arrived with the hair dryer. Yusuke had to drag Kurama away from Hiei so that Keiko

could dry him off while Botan simultaneously brushed down his fur (can't let him looking like a

puffball, now can we?). Kurama struggled, reaching to get back to Hiei, who in his turn looked

angry at being deprived of a warm, wet bath that did NOT involve water. At last, Kurama was

dry and free to resume his task of giving Hiei a tongue bath. Hiei sat peacefully, seeming to

struggle only when Kurama's tongue reached a sensitive spot, like his ears.

"ARRRGGGHHHH!"

"What? What's wrong, Yusuke?"

"We don't have a video camera, and by the time we get one, all this will be over!"

Keiko wasn't sure whether to hit him or agree. Shizuru and Botan, on the other hand, were most

certainly agreeing with Yusuke.

When the tongue bath was finished, Kurama curled up, resting his front paws and head on Hiei's

lap, and Hiei began calling out (in other words, 'guh' and other various baby sounds) for his red

whistle. Luckily Yukina was just returning from fetching it, and she promptly returned it to Hiei.

For the first time since it first came into this fic, Hiei didn't take the whistle into his mouth, for he

had found a better occupation to take up the time (at the moment). Picking up Kurama in his

short, chubby arms, Hiei buried his face in the soft fur while simultaneously hugging him. Did

Kurama mind? Of course not! The baby youko turned its head a little, his mouth hanging open

as if in a grin and his tail swishing happily from side to side.

Kurama minding that Hiei was hugging him? Stupid question, people!

Owari (for the time being)

Fugen: Heh heh. I wrote this at 9:40 PM while reading YYH fanfics at the same time.

Hiei: A lovely, efficient work schedule.

Fugen: That's not funny, Hiei! I spent the entire day doing nothing but hw! Memorizing presidents, capitals, useless history facts, reading really thick textbooks that'll do nothing to help me in my future career—

Kurama: You shouldn't be saying that, you know.

Fugen: And you should never say that to a B-average student with parents who expect straight A's. If I didn't love ya, I'd kill ya for that. Anyway, I'm going to try to keep up a update-every-other-day schedule, but mind you, 'try' is the key word. So please don't be mad if I don't update in a long time! And as for Kuwabara's absence, well, since we don't have any replacement Kuwabaras, he's out to recover from his injuries and avoid Hiei for just this one chapter.