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Betrayed by Beloved

"Kagome, what was that?" Kurama asked, startling Kagome out of her musings. Giving her head a slight shake, Kagome smiled brightly at the red-head. "Your smile is breathtaking, you should smile more often." Kurama complimented, causing a crimson blush to spread like wildfire across Kagome's usually icy cheeks.

"I don't think I'll be able to." Kagome admitted, causing Inuyasha to snicker something along the lines of 'unable to smile because her face was frozen in place'. Tossing the hanyou (who was currently a human) beside her an annoyed look, Kagome made her way towards Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei. Kuwabara took a step back in caution, eyeing Kagome fearfully.

"Hn, do you still want to kill me?" Hiei snorted as he coldly regarded the human version of Kagome.

"I'm sorry," Kagome apologized, causing Inuyasha to topple into a wall. Inuyasha cleared his right ear with his pinky, thinking he had heard wrong.

"What?" Hiei asked, slightly surprised at the sudden apology.

"I said I'm sorry. I won't be after your life anymore," Kagome announced with a bright smile. Hiei quirked an eyebrow at Kagome's statement while narrowing his red eyes slightly. Realizing her mistake, Kagome quickly added, "Not that I would be able to beat you or anything. I'm only a hanyou, after all."

"She really knows how to soothe Hiei's ego!" Yusuke exclaimed, as he wrapped his arms around Hiei in a friendly gesture. Yusuke quickly removed his hand and backed away a few steps when Hiei sent his misplaced appendage a murderous glare.

Crash…

Kagome giggled as she averted her gaze to Inuyasha's collapsed form. "Is he okay?" Kuwabara asked, as he prodded Inuyasha's side with the tip of his foot. "He looks kind of dead."

"Probably passed out from the shock," Kagome giggled as she shyly grasped Kurama's hand within hers. Yusuke snickered mercilessly as Kurama turned a bright shade of red. "It feels nice to hold your hands without causing any damage to your health." Kagome informed before trying to remove her hand from Kurama's.

"When's the wedding?" Yusuke prompted when Kurama quickly caged Kagome's small hand within his. "Do you want a boy or a girl? What are you going to name them?" Yusuke continued, getting way ahead of everyone.

"Yusuke, your asking for a beating, aren't you?" Kagome threatened, but due to her lack of her demon persona, it wasn't very threatening at all.

"Oooh, I'm trembling." Yusuke cried in a fake, girlish voice.

&End Flashback&

"You, of all people, should know better than anybody of the love you two shared the days to follow." Hiei growled fiercely, his hand constricting Koenma's neck once again in his anger.

"No," Kurama replied calmly, but sadly as Botan trembled behind him. "I admit the first few months went extremely smooth for our relationship, but then she became distant. She was distant to the point where only a few words are exchanged when we do find the time to meet." Kurama continued while Koenma attempted to pry Hiei's hand off his neck so he could get some much required air.

"Her feelings for you have never changed." Hiei argued as Koenma's face began to change to a slight shade of purple.

"I saw you two together," Kurama whispered in a slightly cracked voice. "I saw you two undress and slide into her bed." Kurama finished, his palm was bleeding from where his nails had bit through his flesh. Hiei's red eyes widened as his face paled slightly at Kurama's declaration. Yusuke's eyeballs threatened to pop out of his eye sockets at the information he had just received.

"Damn, I thought Hiei was gay." Yusuke muttered softly to himself as Kuwabara chuckled. "Shut up Kuwabara!" Yusuke growled, "This isn't time for jokes! One wrong move could mean the death of everyone."

"I admit," Hiei replied, softening his grip on the young spirit ruler's neck, allowing him some gulps of air. Kuwabara watched in amazement as Koenma's face went from a sick purple to his normal face color. "I held strong feelings for Kagome that went back to five hundred years ago."

"That long?" Yusuke sputtered. "But why did she hate you then? Well, she did hate you."

"She thought I was an imposter, because she had seen me fall off a cliff in order to save her. I didn't recognize her, because I had lost my memory. I had feelings for her, but they were never returned. She just didn't feel the same way as I did. Five hundred years ago she loved another. Five hundred years later, she loved you." Hiei growled, clenching his fists.

"What happened to her love five hundred years ago?" Kuwabara asked, as he scratched his carrot-toped head.

"Five hundred year ago…" Hiei trailed as he tightened his grip around Koenma's neck again.

& Flashback &

"Hn, I don't like that bastard." Hiei growled as he crossed his arms across his chest.

"Come on Hiei-kun!" Kagome pouted as she clung to Hiei's crossed arms. "He's really not that bad once you get to know him! Anyway, if you really don't like him, you don't have to wait for him with me. I'm capable of talking to him myself." Hiei snorted at the mere idea of leaving Kagome along with that shady character. Kagome shrugged and muttered a "suit yourself."

Hiei growled when a voice chuckled, "I see that Hiei has accompanied you. It doesn't matter to me; do you have the Shikon no Tama that I asked you to retrieve for me?"

"Eh, I couldn't get it." Kagome admitted sheepishly. "The miko who guards this jewel was stronger than I had anticipated. I tried though!" Kagome grinned, "But you don't really need the jewel, right? I just want to be with you. We don't need the jewel to bring us happiness." A dark look passed over Kagome's lover's face before Hiei promptly pushed Kagome behind him.

"Useless bitch,"

"Stand back," Hiei growled as the two drew their katana and engaged in a heated battle. Unwilling to see either of her loved ones injured; Kagome placed herself in between their battle. "MOVE," Hiei yelled. "HE'S NOT GOING TO HESITATE TO KILL YOU!" Just as those shouts of warnings left his mouth, Hiei pushed Kagome out of harm's way.

"HIEI," Kagome cried, her eyes glued to the katana that was embedded in his chest, centimeters away from his heart. "NO, DON'T!" Kagome cried as Hiei was roughly shoved off the cliff they stood upon.

& End Flashback &

"I didn't die, but I was severely injured, and I had suffered from memory loss." Hiei finished, nearly strangling Koenma in the process. "It wasn't until I had regained my memory did I find out that Kagome had suffered as well."

"Suffered? She's alive with her memory, isn't she?" Botan squeaked, earning a glare from Hiei. "She was alive." Botan corrected under her breath, causing Hiei to take a threatening step towards her. Kurama immediately covered Botan from Hiei's view in a protective manner.

"What do you mean by suffered?" Kurama asked, hoping to divert Hiei's attention.

"Kagome was not always heartless. There was a time when she was innocent and pure, just like Yukina. But that did not last. I wasn't able to protect her. She lost that innocence soon after my fall. Kagome was overcome with hatred and grief, making her vulnerable in that state. He took that chance to curse her…" Hiei growled angrily, eyes flashing a dangerous red.

"What curse?" Yusuke asked softly, afraid to provoke Hiei any further.

"Cursed to lead a blind life as a hanyou, unable to be touched by another, or they will freeze to death. The only time she returns to normalcy is during every new moon. But at the time of the full moon, she requires blood to sustain her life. Blood of powerful demons…" Hiei finished. Koenma had already passed out from the lack of oxygen, but no one cared at the moment.

"So she is the one who's been drinking demon blood." Yusuke murmured.

"Who's the one who cursed her?" Kurama asked, anger burning in his emerald green eyes.

"The one who she loved and also the one who betrayed her is Naraku. But now, it's you. How strange that history seems to repeat itself…" Hiei growled, without the slightest sign of amusement.

"Wait, hold it there!" Yusuke stopped, donning a confused look. "Let me get this straight so far. Five hundred years ago, Kagome was betrayed by her lover, Naraku. She was cursed while you lost your memory. Now she requires blood to sustain her life and cannot be touched except during her human time. But, Kurama saw you two together. You slept with her and you're not…frozen."

"SHE DID NOT SLEEP WITH ME!" Hiei growled loudly. "She needed the heat my body provided – I was able to hold her because I'm a fire demon. We needed to undress in order for the ritual to properly take place. So, instead of drinking demon blood every full moon, I give her my body heat. She didn't mind doing this with me, because we're….related."

"You fell in love with your sister?" Kuwabara shrieked, "MY POOR EYES!"

"No, you buffoon," Hiei snorted. "Kagome is not my sister. As long as we're not brother and sister, according to youkai law, we can be mates. But, Kagome never saw me as a potential mate. All she saw me as was her…" Hiei trailed off.

"What?" Yusuke egged on.

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TBC