(A/N: Sure...)

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Chapter 2

Ryou smiled at the urgency in Shiori's voice. His smile was easily hidden in Kurama's hair after he turned his head. Ryou's pain was just a gentle numb feeling, as he soon found himself falling asleep. No sooner he realized he wasn't downstairs, he was on Kurama's bed. He gently pulled himself to a sitting position to find Kurama rummaging through various things on his desk. Through the wide open window, blew in a beautiful night breeze that played with both his and Kurama's hair. Ryou glanced over at Kurama and was mesmerized at how his crimson locks danced in the moonlit breeze. He was torn from his reverie at the sound of a grunt. He had been following Kurama so he was assured it didn't come from him. Kurama turned his head to look at the window, and he broke into a wide grin. He shook his head, and looked to Ryou. He motioned for him to remove his shirt, as to why, Ryou was in the dark. He tried but he had great difficulty with removing the buttoned shirt he wore under his sweater. Kurama moved behind him and helped removed, and a gasp escaped Kurama's lips.

"Ryou.." he breathed running a finger over a long scratch. He was granted by a wince. Ryou turned to face him to find Kurama's eyes hidden by his hair with his head bowed, his fist grasping Ryou's sweater firmly in his hands. Ryou was extremely worried and he placed a hand on Kurama's shoulder. "Suichi, I told you it was bad. But, why did you ask me to remove my shirt?" asked the freaked out teen. In a tone that scared Ryou to move quickly away from him, Kurama replied, showing his now molten amber eyes. "He has no right to harm you. For that, I shall like to see him suffer. If I was to ever find another scratch on you, Ryou, you have no idea of the dyer consequences that would accompany them." Kurama turned around and sat in his chair. His eyes were now back to green, as he glanced at the even paler Ryou. Kurama was quickly up at his friend's side, sitting him on his bed. "Ryou, I'm sorry. I just lost my temper. And to answer the previously asked question, I wanted you to so I could heal you." Ryou looked baffled. He nodded solemnly, and Kurama sighed in relief. He was about to start removing Ryou's bandages, when laughter broke into his mind. He immediately turned to his window to see the shape of Hiei barely visible. /What is it you want now Hiei?/ Hiei chuckled. What? I can't say hi? That was one hell of a show you just put on there fox. What the hell is he doing here? Kurama sighed, /He's here so I can help him with his yami./ Hiei scoffed, Alrighty kitsune, I guess I'll see you later. /Why? Just stick around. Ryou's nearly asleep now./ Fine. Kurama broke the link to find Ryou waving a hand infront of his eyes. Kurama apologized and started to remove the bandages on Ryou's torso. What he saw angered him further, but he kept his temper, for fear of scaring Ryou again.

After the bandages were off, Kurama could hardly see Ryou's pale skin due to all the massive bruises covering his body. Sure enough, Ryou had cuts on his calves so Kurama unwound them as well. When he finished, he surveyed Ryou one last time before going to him. He sat on his bed next to Ryou and Ryou turned to face him. Kurama reached for an arm, and Ryou obliged, a hint of worry in his brown eyes. "Ryou, I'm going to heal you so you won't feel pain anymore. Do you trust not to hurt you?" Ryou nodded. Kurama's hand began to glow slightly and the cuts slowly began to diminish throughout his entire self. Ryou felt as though a nice warmth was washing over him, comforting him. He closed his eyes to let Kurama work his magic, until he felt the sensation stop. He opened his eyes to find Kurama sitting on the floor eating an apple, and his body fully healed. He looked at Kurama, who looked up and waved from the floor. Ryou waved back, astonished. Kurama got to his feet and threw the half eaten apple out the window, only to never hear it hit the ground. Ryou looked out the window and started to here crunching noises. Kurama, realizing what he had just done, spoke up. "It's just a squirrel I feed." Oh, so I'm a squirrel now. /No, but do you want Ryou to know that you're in my tree?/ ... /That's what I thought./

"Ryou, want to get ready for bed? I can show you your room." Ryou looked fearful. He dropped his glance to the floor and whispered. "I would, but I don't want to sleep alone. I just wouldn't feel safe." Kurama knew he'd never hear the end of this from Hiei. He heard the crunching stop, and felt the blood red eyes staring through him. Kurama shot a death glare back, but answered Ryou in a polite manner. "Ryou, you could sleep in here with me. I'm going to be up a while, but if I do need sleep, I'll sleep on the floor. Nobody will get to you." Ryou smiled. "Now we hit another problem..." Kurama chuckled.

"I know, but you can borrow a pair of my pajamas. We can stop by your house tomorrow to pick up a few things." "NO! I can't have Bakura know I'm moving out for the time being." Kurama looked at him. "Alright. Then I guess we could go shopping tomorrow. I'll get you what you need." Ryou thanked him and headed to the bathroom to get changed. When he came back, he slipped between the cool clean sheets of Kurama's bed and was asleep in minutes.

Kurama took a seat at his desk and moved to take some paper out. Hiei came through the window and lightly padded over to Kurama. He hopped on the back of the wooden desk chair to see what he was doing. He saw only that he was writing another one of those stupid poems. He scoffed and hopped to the floor. He sat on the floor and leaned against Kurama's chair, waiting for him to be done.

"Kurama, why did you have to let him sleep in your bed? Where am I going to sleep now?" Hiei asked, a bit of a whine in his voice. "Hiei, I couldn't say no. I'm here to help him. We all have to make sacrifices now and then. And I know that rain is coming, but that doesn't mean that you still can't sleep with me." Hiei eyed Kurama intently. Finding no hidden points in his words, he began. "Well, Kurama, we usually share that bed that Ryou so nicely is sprawled out on... Oh my god, he's taking up the whole damn thing!" he said, pointing at Ryou. "I guess he's not used to sleeping without fear, and he's taking advantage of it. But I know Ryou, and I can sleep in the back room tonight." Hiei looked puzzled. "I thought you said..."

Kurama chuckled. "Ryou is one heavy sleeper. I'll be back here in the morning anyway. He won't notice a difference." Hiei grinned. "So I do get to sleep on a bed." he laughed and disappeared out the door. Kurama laughed, and looked to Ryou. A wave of sadness washed over him. He tucked the blankets firmly around Ryou, and went to the back room, to the waiting Hiei.

The next morning Ryou awoke to find himself no longer in his room. He had grown used to his own blood in the morning, but now all he smelled was roses. He sat up and got out of bed. A note was laying on the desk. It read:

Ryou,

I'm downstairs, so come down to get some food. Don't worry about the shower running, it's just a friend of mine.

-Suichi

Ryou smiled. He stretched and yawned, then walked out the door. He slowly went down the stairs and made his way to the kitchen. He laughed at the sight infront of him. Suichi was sitting on the counter wearing a frilly pink apron. Ryou smiled and started to laugh, making Kurama jump off the counter and lose the apron. A slight blush grazed Kurama's face, but he soon shook it off and greeted Ryou. "Good morning Ryou. I hope you don't mind bacon and eggs." Ryou widely grinned. "Of course not, Suichi. Is that friend of your joining us?" Kurama smiled. "Yes. Then he'll eat his dessert.." Ryou turned around to see a short man with spiky black hair. He just brushed past him without uttering a word and sat at the table. Ryou blinked a few times then entered the kitchen. "Ryou, this is Hiei." "Hello Hiei." he said, putting a hand out. Hiei looked at him, but crossed his arms and glared daggers at Ryou. Ryou, feeling a little uncomfortable pulled his hand back and started to retreat. Hiei just received a biff to his head, and said a quick hi. Ryou took a seat at the table to be served by Kurama. After they ate their breakfast, Kurama decided it was time to go.

"Ryou, we should get going if we want to beat the crowds." Kurama suggested after watching Hiei walk to the couch and lay down. "Well, what should I wear? I don't have anything." he asked looking away. "Ryou, Ryou, Ryou.. I'll just throw you in something of mine. Come on upstairs with me." he said and left the table. Ryou slowly followed him up the stairs and entered his bedroom. After scanning the closet and drawers, Ryou picked out a simple black long sleeved shirt and blue jeans. He then walked downstairs to wait for Kurama. When Kurama came down, he was wearing a dark green silk shirt, and dark green silk pants. Kurama noticed the snoring Hiei on the couch and gave a chuckle. He escorted Ryou out the door and they made their way to the mall.

(A/N: Even suckier! Damn me!)