Okay, okay… I'm posting the rest! Lol anyway, I hope you enjoy these chapters! I tried to make them a little longer, but I'm not sure if I did a good job on chapter 5… I know I did on chapter 6, cause on paper it is over 2 pages long! Anyway, I'll try to get the next 2 chapters done soon. In the meantime… ENJOY THE CHAPTERS PLEASE!

Key:

(….) Thinking (btw, all thinking IS in present-tense!)

('….') Youko thinking/talking to Suichi

'….' Youko talking out loud

:….: Youko telling the story

Chapter 5

Kurama's view

I nodded to Ty and told her that we would be ready to leave for Spirit World in a short while. She smiled and hugged both of us, and after planting a small kiss on my lips, she turned and exited my room. (Hmm, I wonder why she did that… she knows that I don't love her………… wait, she DOESN'T know about Hiei and me… and she doesn't know that I don't love her! 'Calm down Suichi; just tell her on the way to the Spirit World portal.' Yeah, that's it. Youko, you are a genius! 'Yes, and which you are the complete opposite of?') I looked down to Hiei to tell him that we needed to go, but he was still huddled up to my chest. Before I could say anything, he cuddled his head further into my shirt, and his breathing became a little faster, his heart thumping slowly, but steadily against his chest. (So kawaii. 'He must really be alone…' yes, he has no one but Yukina, and even she hardly knows or sees him… 'Now you know why he came to you…' of course, because he is alone, and I am the only one who seems to care… 'Inari, you love him too much…' he looks like a lost child… 'Albeit he is…')

"Hiei," I crooned softly, "I think Ty has been waiting long enough." He pulled away and looked up at me. He stared at me with his luscious crimson eyes.

(His face is a sea of rosy quartz crystal laced with pools of diamond and onyx stones, with single rings of garnets floating in each diamond pool. A large heap of pitch-black ash, standing defiantly up to gravity, with a single white starburst at the front, sits contentedly on the top of that delicate mixture. The black clashes with the rosy quartz and the white diamonds. The single onyx crystals are encircled by the single garnet rings, which in turn are enclosed in the dual diamond lakes that form his ensnaring eyes that hold me breathless. 'Joyless things his eyes, untainted by emotion, by weakness. Pits of fire with black islands are the only colour in them, and even those are as cold as ice. They captivate my mind, those heartless, almost colourless orbs of pure hate. Those are the treasures in which I wish to steal, as nothing else will satisfy my lust for valuables. Valuables which most think they can take, but in truth only I can steal such beautiful and desirable keepsakes.') That familiar gold tinted my eyes once again. Hiei's lips were tugged at by a nagging smirk, and I decided to make it more. My eyes turned fully to amber gold and brushed my lips against his. That did it. For the first time in all the years that I had known him, he smiled. Not just one of his little amused smirks, but a full-blown smile. I grinned back, loving and savouring every moment of his sacred "once-in-a-thousand-lifetimes" smile. My eyes flashed to green again, but didn't stay that way. :My hair slowly turned back to silver as I bent over to taste his lips for the first time. (They harbour the taste of burnt bread and blood. And he harbours the smell of cherry blossoms and fire. The combination of fire and ice that can only be achieved by a fusion. A merging. A perfect and sexy merging that makes me lust for him, lust to be with him until the end of time… I can already see myself bearing his child, but… he would not accept me as for what I am… justify peace if he does accept me.) My thoughts were interrupted as he ran his tongue over my lips, demanding entrance. I allowed him to pass and our tongues fought over dominance. I let him win, for I would get my chance some other day. (I am torturing him. Heh, he is in season… this should be interesting. Let's see how long he can hold out before losing control…) We pulled away for much-needed air, he grinning largely and I smiling happily. (Amazing. His second, how would Suichi put it, "Kodak-moment" smile. I really should consider myself lucky; not many get to see him truly smile, let alone twice in one day. Hell, even once in one lifetime is rare. It makes me feel superior and special, that I, Youko Kurama, am the only one ever to make him smile out of joy of happiness…) I looked to my happy little dragon and smirked to him. I was about to say something, but he burst out laughing. I frowned at him.

"Ha, Youko, heh, I'm…" He started laughing like an idiot again. My frown and impatience increased. "I'm glad I make you feel special, Youko, because this isn't the last time I'm going to smile because of you." The smile turned to a smirk, "Yes, I read everything. I even read that little argument that you had. It was quite interesting. Although, I didn't read what you and Suichi were thinking before and after you kissed me. It must have been important, because I was thrown out before you started thinking it. Am I rubbing off on you?"

Chapter 6

Now it was my turn to start laughing. I rested my hand on his head and ran my lithe fingers through his hair once. He seemed to enjoy that, for he grinned a little. I chuckled at this show of love.

'Hiei, you must realize that you had been "rubbing off" on me since we met,' I chuckled to him. 'Hell, you were influencing me even before our first meeting.' He frowned at this statement.

"But how?" He asked me, "You told me that you had never seen me before that day, and that you knew nothing about me."

'Hiei, you obviously forget who I am. I am possibly the best thief, liar, and strategist that was ever born. Although, I did say that you were familiar, and that I could have possibly heard about you before. I didn't exactly lie, I just didn't give you the whole truth.' I added with a knowing and seductive smirk.

"Okay, but there is one other thing that I'm curious about. Why have you been collecting my dirty and ruined clothing? You've never done anything like that before, so it bothers me a little."

'Yes, well, I just don't want you in those old rags, so I, or rather Suichi, bought you some new clothes. But I did repair one of your jackets, seeing as it wasn't very tattered or anything.' I moved over to the closet, pulled out his jacket and grabbed some ningen clothes for me. I tossed him the jacket, adding a "there, doesn't it look like new?" look, then proceeded to take off my tunic. He turned around quickly, blushing slightly. I left the bed and walked over to him. I slid my hands around his waist and hugged him from behind. 'Hiei, if we are to be lovers, then I think you will have to get used to seeing me without clothes.' I whispered into his ear, finishing by licking his earlobe. I felt him tense, and which I replied to by hugging him a little tighter. I kissed his tender neck and let go, striding over to the bed again. I dressed quietly and quickly. As I turned around he was putting the ward back over his Jagan. I reached out and took it from him.

"What the…" he started to say, but my mischievous smirk stopped him.

'I don't want you to wear this tattered thing,' I stated, 'and it's dirty. You shouldn't wear this; it could damage your Jagan. If the Jagan's ward is dirty or tattered, it could damage the Eye beyond repair and I'm sure both of us don't want that.' I turned to the desk that sat by the window and opened the foremost drawer. I retrieved a small box from its depths and handed it to my dragon. The small box was covered in black paper that was laced with white dragons. The braided white ribbon was tied in a simple bow, with a small rose bud, interwoven within the bow. Hiei untied the ribbon and began to display great interest in it.

"Fox, why is this ribbon made out of your hair?" he inquired, fingering it gently. I blushed slightly.

'I couldn't find anything else, and Suichi didn't want to make it out of his hair, so I made it out of mine. How did you find out so quickly?'

"Well, it reeks of silver fox and roses, and it is the exact colour of your hair. That last close-up helped too. I think I am much more observant than you give me credit for…" I smiled slightly at his last comment.

'Well, that is true. I never knew you to be the detective, just the silent fighter that felt that love is weakness and strength is power.'

"What is this anyway?"

'If you open it, you'll see. I was saving it for a special occasion, but since you need it now, you may have it. Or should I say them?' He unwrapped it, and with agility that only came with practice, grabbed the key before it started to fall. The lid opened as he turned the key in its hole. Two items had been placed inside: one a flame-coloured silk ward that was decorated with a large black dragon on it, and the other a small silver pendant that was a graceful nine-tailed fox with amber gold eyes curled around a small white Hoshi-no-tama. (The key to my strength lies within that stone. Or at least it used to. Now I have no need for it.) He looked up at me with a shocked expression gracing his features.

"Fox, is this your Hoshi-no-tama? I thought it was the centre of your power."

'It was, but I don't need it anymore because I've drained it of the energy that it once held. It's completely useless now.'

"Then why give it to me? Why not throw it away?"

'I said it was useless, not that it has no value. I gave it to you because it symbolizes my great trust in you. Besides, if you hadn't found me, I would have sold it the day we first met. But, since you did, and we are here today, it is yours.' It took him a while to reply, but when he did, I could hear the thankful tone in his voice.

"Thank you, Youko. I had never dreamed that one day I would receive your Hoshi-no-tama as a gift. It will never come off my neck without my consent for as long as I live." I smiled, knowing that statement would be fulfilled to the last word.

T.K.: What do you think about it people?

Yusuke: Hey, that was awesome! I never knew they were together!

Kuwabara: (bad eye twitch) eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww, grooooooosssss… who would think that Hiei and Kurama are gay?

Hiei & Kurama in unison: WE'RE NOT GAY!

Keiko: If you aren't gay, what are you guys?

Hiei & Kurama: WE'RE BI!

Yukina: Oh, that's wonderful! But tell me, when you say you are gay, doesn't that mean that you are happy?

Yusuke: Not in the sense used here, Yukina. In the ningenkai, being "gay" means that a guy is in love with another guy.

Yukina: Oh, I see now! I am happy for you two! I hope that you have many years of happiness, Hiei and Kurama! (? Clueless Yukina as always…?)

T.K.: Oh, CRAP! Yusuke, Kuwabara and Keiko aren't supposed to know about them yet! KUSO! T.K. you K'SO BAKA! (Finds mysterious machine and straps Yusuke, Kuwabara and Keiko to three different attachments, then pulls switch)

Yusuke, Kuwabara, & Keiko: (look as if getting electrocuted) AAAAAHHHHHHH!

Hiei, Kurama, & Yukina: O.Ou …………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

T.K.: (turns off machine and drags all three people into a remote corner) There, all taken care of. (Turns around and sees Yukina) SHIT! (Goes to grab Yukina) ACK!

Hiei: YOU TOUCH HER YOU DIE! (Presses katana closer to T.K.'s throat) Just try and erase her memory…

T.K.: (sweatdrops) Hiei, I have too! Plus, I'll only erase this incident, nothing more.

Hiei: Still, you touch her you die! I don't want you using that infernal ningen thing on my… K'SO! Look what you almost made me say!

T.K.: Heh… (Turns back into chibi fox and tries to butter up Hiei with kawaii-ness) Kyuuuuuuuuu! (sweatdrops even more)