author's notes: Sorry guys! My parents grounded me from the internet because my grades weren't good enough. On top of that, now that I'm in middle school, I get tons of homework. First up is science. Mostly studying from the HUGE textbook. Insocial studies I have to do an article summary on a certain subject every week. We just started this, so I've only had two; globalization and Canada. In english/spelling/writing I've got to either finish up a chapter, write my words ten time each, or memorize the definitions of the 8 parts of speech. Even though I didn't study and still got a 100! In LEAP reading (social studies is pre-ap by the way, andLEAP is the level beyond pre-ap reading) I'm such a good reader I never have homework, and all I have to do in spanish is study flashcards. No homework in gym. Duh. But then comes pre-ap math. At least 2 workbook pages a night, if I didn't finish my "what I learned last week" article then I have to do that, and more. Last is choir, which is a breeze. Yes, I'm very open with my fans, but, belive it or not (and you'd better belive it) I'm actually a private person. Took me two weeks to get used to changing in the locker room, and I have a diary, which absolutely NO ONE is allowed to read. But, lucky for me, I'm a tomboy. There you go, now you know my gender.

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Hiei moaned. He'd been in here for two weeks already (remember, Yusuke was with Genkai for 6 months, or 24 weeks). Kurama lately had been sneaking Hiei extra food during breakfast and dinner, he knew Hiei wasn't used to his stomach being this empty, even if he'd grown up with theives.

Hiei'd already had his breakfast, now he needed something to do. The entire two weeks he'd thought over his life. (I am going solely by the fact that I want Hiei the same age as Kurama's human form, here) But now, he was up to the present. He was only 15.

Kurama wandered in, having his most innocent look on his face. Hiei didn't fall for it though. He raced up to Kurama

"Did you bring me any food?" Kurama laughed at the begging face Hiei was wearing, even though he knew that it was only for pity. Kurama took Hiei's thin body and gently pushed him over to the bed1. Then he took out a small, brown package tied up with string2.

Hiei stared at the package with such longing that Kurama had to laugh again. He took out a small chicken drumstick. Hiei stared at Kurama with wide eyes. That kind of meat was forbidden to him!

Kurama sensed his suprise. "Well, suprisingly, you haven't run away at allin these two weeks, so I thought I'd reward you" Hiei grabbed at the meat with such speed Kurama jumped. Hiei was wolfing it down like, well, a wolf.

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That night, Kurama sat down to a dinner of corn, rice, beans, bread rolls, and rice balls. He quickly began to grab a few things and put them in a bag for Hiei. Then he recieved Hiei's dinner from Botan, who seemed to have eased up a bit about Hiei. She'd even caught Kurama stealing food for Hiei and had agreed to help him get extra food, but only after a long discussion with Kurama about "why he did it".

"I added something for Hiei in it" Botan said, though she wasn't so cheerful. Kurama decided to get the conversation out of dangerous waters and changed the subject.

"So, how'd Yusuke win his fight against Rando again?" Kurama asked. Botan instantly went back to her normal, "smart, sassy girl at your service"3 mode. Kurama leaned back in his chair to another round of spirit guns, sticky webs, flesh-eating demon parahnas, and amazing elbow drops.

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"Damn it, where's Kurama?" Hiei moaned. He was bored to death, not to mention hungry. If only Kurama wouldtell thestories of the western hemisphere's spirit world that only Kurama could weave.

Suddenly, the door creaked open. Hiei looked up to see Kurama, with a dreary look on his face, walk in.

"Another Botan story?" Hiei asked. Kurama nodded, and handed Hiei the first parcel.

Opening it to reveal a large slice of ham, two peices of bread, more water, and an apple, he gasped.

"Did Botan send this?" Hiei asked.

"Yeah, she said that the imports from the American spirit world are low lately, so she knows you get less food, so she gave you some ham"

"Tell me another story of the American Reikai Tantei" Hiei begged. Kurama sighed and handed Hiei the second, his gift, with an ear of corn, 2 rolls, and a rice ball. Hiei munched on it as Kurama told.

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author's notes: I have deleted the chapter of the story Kurama tells because it does not go along with the story. If you want to hear what he tells, read chapter one of Western Spirit World, a fanfiction by me. The story he tells is only chapter one, the others are chapters I added on after I realized that it was a good fanfiction.

#1 Guess I accidentallyput a little shonen ai in there. There might be a little in other chapters, but only a little, like this.

#2 Have any of you ever seen "The Sound of Music"? There's a song that gpes, "brown paper packages, tied up with string..."

#3 Eh heh heh...ever seen "Return to the Living World"? 'Nuff said.