Title: Broken Heart

Author: Katreal

Genre: IYYYHX-men

Pairings: Kur/Kag and Hiei/San

Disclaimer: I don't own anything...

A/N: Thank SakuraPetal13's great story 'Mutant Mission' for this chapter! I got my inspiration from reading the newest chapter!

Key:

"Blah"- Talk

:"Blah": - Talk in Japanese around non Japanese speakers; POV of a non Japanese person.

:Blah:- Mutant Telepathy(Prof. Xavier or Jean; people responding to said telepaths)

/Blah/- Youko Telepathy

'Blah' – Kurama's Telepathy; other people's thoughts

;Blah; - Hiei Telepathy

Chapter 9

The afternoon had passed by pretty quickly for Higurashi Kagome. She felt that the Professor was a nice man; though she was somewhat wary of him because she had felt him try to probe her mind when they first arrived. Luckily she recognized it at first and was able to raise her mental defenses in time; she really did not want to explain about her time-traveling escapade to anyone.

Kagome glanced around the small room she had been sitting in, she was alone. Sango had retired to the room that they shared earlier. The raven haired miko closed her eyes, Sango had a very bad case of jetlag, of course the fact that they both had gotten up early this morning hadn't helped a bit.

Kagome yawned, her energy completely spent after the flight from Tokyo to Bayville. She cracked open her eyes and vacated the chair, heading sleepily to her own room. Upon reaching the room she fumbled in her pockets, searching for the key that the professor had given her earlier. Finding it, she fit it into the lock and opened the door.

Stepping inside Kagome absently noticed that Sango was fast asleep on one of the two single beds located in the room. The raven-haired miko flops down on the empty bed; her black tresses splayed out across the white pillow, her grayish-blue eyes closing in weariness.

Kurama lay awake in his room at the institute. It had been a tiring afternoon for the red-haired Kitsune; what with the long plane ride and then the interrogation afterwards. Kurama blinked lazily, half closing his emerald green eyes in yet another failed attempt to fall asleep. After what seems like an eternity he sighed, pushed himself into a sitting position and glanced out the window. It had been left open when Hiei had forsaken his bed in favor of one of the surrounding trees. Kurama rubbed his eyes sleepily, he knew he was tired but sleep just evaded him.

Faintly the red-head noticed a stirring at the edge of his consciousness; it seemed that Youko was waking up. As if on cue a soft yawn interrupted Kurama's thoughts, followed by a sleepy voice, /Why are you up so late…?/

"Can't sleep…" Was the red-head's reply, "I keep thinking…"

Youko yawned again, /It's her isn't it?/

Kurama looked down at his hands, his bangs overshadowing his eyes, "Yes…"

/Suuichi…/

"I thought I told you not to call me that?"

/Look Suuichi…I know this hurts you…but you can't keep hiding behind my name forever./

Kurama clenched his fists, gripping the comforter tightly, "I. Am. Not. Hiding."

The spirit fox's tone grew serious; no trace of weariness left, /Yes you are. Where do you think the name Kurama came from? I'll tell you. Youko Kurama. It is my name, not yours./

"I. Am. You." The red-head hissed through clenched teeth.

Youko mentally shook his head, /No…You are Suuichi Minamino. You are your own person, not just a part of me. You need to accept that fact. Maybe one day we'll be one person…Kurama…But until then I'm Youko and you're Suuichi. Demon and Human, two totally separate souls in the same body./

"Be quite…" Kurama…er Suuichi whispered, his voice sounded strained, "Just be quiet…"

Now Youko was just getting annoyed, he knew that Suuichi cared deeply for his mother, and that being rejected by her had hurt him worse then what Karasu had done…But this was just bordering on pathetic! He was trying to deny what he was…who he was…in an attempt to lessen the pain. Youko did not want to hurt Suuichi, but it seemed the only way to get the point across, /Suuichi!/

"Just leave me alone!" Suuichi hissed, covering his ears in a futile attempt to block out the spirit fox's voice.

/Suuichi! Stop denying who you are! It's just pathetic!/

"Just Shut Up!" Suuichi yelled, stuffing his face into the pillow, a silent tear rolled down his cheek. No matter how much he denied it; he knew Youko was right.

Youko sighed and retreated from Suuichi consciousness; the deed was done. The spirit fox felt horrible for doing what he did; he could feel the dull ache of Suuichi's pain even from his subconscious. But Youko knew that he had needed to do it, though he hurt himself in return.

Hiei cracked his eyes open, sensing a conflicting aura. The fire apparition could recognize this aura, he knew it better then any other in all of the three worlds; well…except for maybe his sister. It was Kurama's. Hiei narrowed his eyes, the kitsune's usually balanced green and silver aura was unstable. The green, representing Kurama's human half Suuichi, was currently trying to beat back the silver, Youko's. The apparition frowned, of course the two fought a lot and disagreed often but never had Kurama's aura been so out of balance.

Hiei shifted his position on the tree branch, turning so that he could see the window to his and Kurama's room. Sure enough the fox was still in there. The fire apparition jumped out of the tree, easily landing on the window ledge. He peered inside at the Kitsune, ;Kurama?;

There was no reply, only the red-head's barely audible sobs. Hiei's normally cold gaze softened, showing concern for the only person he could even consider calling a friend, ;Suuichi? Youko?;

/Hiei?/

The apparition tried not to let his concern color his 'voice' ;What is wrong with him?;

He heard the fox sigh softly, /It's just too much for him. He is still upset with himself over-/

;His mother?; Hiei supplied, finally realizing how much Suuichi needed her. There were not many things that could make the usually calm and collected Kurama breakdown; and yet the rejection of his human mother had done what many demons could not do.

/Yes…Plus I…tried to make him understand some things…/

Hiei closed his red eyes and shook his head slowly; couldn't Youko have waited before pressuring Suuichi? He stretched himself out on the windowsill, preparing himself for a long night; after all, he couldn't just leave the red-head alone in this state, ;Fox, if he's not up to it in the morning…;

Youko caught onto Hiei's idea, /I'll take over, he's in no state to be working on an undercover mission./

;No full transformations though; Hiei warned, imagining the Professor's reaction if he saw Youko's full form. ;It is an undercover mission after all.;

The spirit fox chuckled half-heartedly, /I know, I know./

A/N: o.o; I made Youko sound like a philosopher…He truly is worried about Suuichi, but being a demon he doesn't really understand the need to be subtle in situations like this. And Hiei is a bit out of character, but I think he cares about Kurama as a friend so of course he would be concerned; though he would never admit it. As for him caring about the success of the mission…well…lets just say that if they failed Koenma would be mad. If Koenma was mad Hiei would probably be sent on even worse missions as punishment. He wouldn't want that would he?

Anyway…I have a theory about Suuichi and Youko…Wanna hear it?

Before the Dark Tournament both Youko and Suuichi's souls had merged, forming the identity 'Kurama'. But after the problem with the Idon(sp?) Box and the Fruit of Past Life the two were forced apart. I don't think they fully merge againuntil the end of the Sensui(sp?) Arc and this story takes place before then so currently Youko and Suuichi are two separate people at the moment.

Anyways…I shall do review responses! I can't believe I have over 80 reviews now!

SakuraPetal13: o.o I can't believe you reviewed for my story! And I wasn't being nice with my comments…I was just stating the truth ;-) I've read 'Mission X' Tis truly a wonderful story, that it is :nods: But all the same it was your story that gave me the idea to stick Kagome and Sango in as well. Also I had originally found 'Mutant Mission' before I found 'Mission X' so it was still your story that gave me the inspiration to write this one, though 'Mission X' has helped me through at least one writers block n.n And yes I know readers don't like it when you wait three months…it's been almost two since I last put up a chapter for this one…but…I believe that if you post a chapter it should be a relatively inspired one, even if it takes a few months to get out, instead of a crappy, uninspired, one which you got out in a few days…right?

Twilight Fox Angel: :blushes: Really? You like it? I won't stop this story, but it might take a while to continue…

BlueDove: Hehe…does this count as soon? n.n;

pippy32388: Hiei and Sango is one of the pairings. The other is Kurama and Kagome

FireFox6: Thanks for the baseball bat! This will come in handy…:smirks: Ooooh Kouryu! :hides bat behind back:
Kouryu: :a little dragon pops into existence: Huh?
Gotcha! :thwacks the dragon on the head:

Yusuke's Angel: Done :D

hakkai-my-youkai: Eeeep! Er…Gomen nasai?

Bluespark: This one is a little longer…

Rebecca: :gasp: Someone else has my name! n.n; Anyways glad you liked it.

Nunofyorbiz: Well, in this story Kagome knows how to control her miko powers enough to have pretty powerful mental defenses…and Sango, being a youkai taijiya, should have trained hers from an early age to combat the types of demons that have psychic abilities…like Hiei.

Kitsunekilala: Done!

blackrosebunny451: You don't have to anymore.

K.C. Whitestar: Glad you liked it.

lady-of-tormentdeath: Well Kagome already knows it, she's just out of practice. And Sango will learn pretty quickly.

Inu-babe666: I'm sorry that you think it's too short…I just can't write much more without it getting kinda choppy.

Kill-all-flamers210: Thanks for understanding! And the winners are listed at the top of the page.

Cattibrie393: Thank you.

Kiki Smythe: Well…Kagome hasn't been going to school very often due to the Feudal Era and the Shikon hunt so she's pretty out of practice. And Hiei doesn't need to learn, all he has to do is look into a person's mind who knows the language to know what they are saying and what the words mean.

All done! n.n Now I would like to apologize for not getting this out sooner. I had part of this written on Wednesday after SakuraPetal13 updated 'Mutant Mission' but I had to get off the computer soon after. Then on Thursday I wasn't allowed on the computer because my parents wanted me to do something else besides being on the computer…so…now it's finished on Friday…The day of New Years Eve... Happy New Years to everyone!

P.S. Don't forget to review!