Review Responses:

Koroga: If you say so.

Cari: I'm glad you like it! Don't worry, there will be plenty of Kurama K.L. action soon!

Melanie-chan: Thanks I'm glad you like it! I know I have a hard time with descriptions but I'm working on it. I already know who K.L.'s parents are, but K.L. won't for a while yet. I don't know about the name...that is something to think about though. Thanks for the suggestions.

Kitsune Kit: Wow! Thank you soooo much that's a big help! I'll be sure to give you credit for the attacks especially Silver Wind!

Princess Shadowcat: I'm glad you like it! lol You want Kuwabaka punished? Consider it done!

Jaguira: I totally understand. I'm glad you like this story too. Sadly I stopped the party fic. I just was having trouble dealing with so many characters at once. Gomen nasai!

Serinay Kawasaki: Wow, really? That's very encouraging. I didn't think I was doing that well! Thank you!

Varan: Wow so many reviews! I'm so happy!
Jack: Hey, since you're gonna torture the baka can I help?
Varan: Sure thing! Since I'm in such a good mood you can have the first hit.
Jack: All right! So what are we going to do to him?
Varan: Well...I dunno what should we do?
Jack: Something evil! MUAHAHAHAHA!
Varan: Oh I know! ::whispers into Jack's ear:
Jack: ::evil grin:: That works.
Varan: He's in the closet. Go to it while I talk to the readers.
Jack: I'll bring him out when I'm done.
Varan: Good. Now then hello everyone! After a little bit of thought, I decided to develop Kurama and K.L.'s relationship a little. So for all you fluff fans out there, enjoy!
Jack: Done! Heeeeeeere's Kuwabaka!
Kuwabara: Ah no! No one can see me like this! ::Jack brings out Kuwabara wearing a dress and girly make up. Lipstick, eyeshadow, blush, even nail polish:
Jack: How'd I do?
Varan: ::grin:: Great! Now for the finishing touch...::snaps fingers and Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei appear:
Kurama: What did you do now Varan?
Yusuke: OMG Look what she did to Kuwabara! ::snicker:: That's so ::snicker:: cruel and pff HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Hiei: Hn. Baka.
Varan: Woah, I just took up an entire page! I'll get to the story now!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu hakusho but all the OC's are mine so no stealing!

About a week passed, and fairly little happened. Kuwabara, Yusuke, and Hiei fully recovered the day after the battle, although it took a while for Kuwabara and Yusuke to get the marker off of their faces. During the week, they continued on toward Nightshade's stronghold and K.L. continued to train. She finished her training with Rita, and moved on to water and earth attacks with Aquarion and Kurama. She also started developing more fire attacks on her own, because out of all of her elemental attacks, her fire ones were the strongest. Kurama had been avoiding being alone with her for too long, and it was beginning to piss her off. First of all, it effected her training and second she really wanted to talk to him. What was his problem anyway? Was it the kiss? Did he regret it? Ugh, why couldn't men just be open with their feelings? He should know better than to act like he was! He was over three hundred freaking years old for Pete's sake, you would think he would have developed a little maturity! "Baka kitsune," she mumbled to herself. It was late, and the others were all sleeping. K.L. was too restless to sleep and was sitting against a tree, wrapped up in her thoughts. "Don't you ever sleep like a normal ningen?," a gruff voice asked. K.L.'s head snapped up to look into the tree she was sitting under. Resting on a branch with above her head and to the right was Hiei. He was laying on the branch with one leg stretched out in front of him and one bent at the knee. His arms were folded in front of his chest and his crimson eyes were looking directly ahead of him, out into the night. K.L. blinked in surprise before covering her face with her hands. Once again she had humiliated herself in front of one of her favorite characters. She really wanted Hiei's respect, but at this rate it she wasn't going to get it any time soon. "In case you didn't notice Hiei, I'm not really a normal ningen," she said, her voice muffled by her hands. "And you of all people shouldn't criticize my sleeping habits." "Hn. Well in case you didn't notice I'm a demon. I don't need to sleep as much as the others. You do however, so why are you sitting here brooding away when you should be resting. You won't be of any use if you're exhausted during the next battle." K.L. raised her head again to look at him, but he kept his gaze focused away from her. She sighed and looked down somewhat guiltily.
"I know that Hiei, and I wasn't really brooding. I'm just a little pissed off at Ku...uh at someone." "This is why I don't understand your species. Why are you angry with Kurama all of a sudden?" "Who said I was angry at Kurama?" Hiei glanced down at her to briefly glare before looking away again. "Who do you take me for...Kuwabara? What other kitsune have you met in your lifetime?" "Uh...Shippo?," she offered pathetically. (a/n: Well she is a fangirl and all of you Inuyasha fans will know who this is.) Hiei gave a disbelieving snort and K.L. sighed in defeat and rested her chin on her hand. "OK, OK, I am angry at Kurama. It's just that he's been avoiding me for days now and it's starting to irk me." "So? I avoid you every chance I get and you've never acted like this." K.L. smiled.
"Yeah well you're anti-social by nature and ignore everyone so it doesn't bother me. I mean, I'm surprised you're even talking to me about this." "Hn. It's not like I care about your problems or anything. But we need everyone at full strength if we want to defeat Nightshade." K.L. raised an eyebrow.
"You are so full of crap Hiei." His head snapped toward her and he glared icily at her. "What did you just say?" "You heard me. You're full of crap," she replied slowly as if explaining it to a child. Unfazed by the death look she was receiving she continued. "When are you gonna quit with the 'I could care less' crap and start being honest with yourself?" "What do you know?" "A lot more than you think. Oh yeah, I still owe you a favor don't I? What do you want?" Hiei was silent for a moment, apparently thinking.
"When we get back to earth I want you to buy me as much sweet snow as I want for a week," he replied finally. K.L. couldn't help it. He burst out laughing waking up everyone except for Yusuke and Kuwabara, who true to form continued to sleep like rocks. "What's goin' on?," Rita asked sleepily rubbing her eyes. Aquarion who was immediately wide awake, stared at the still laughing K.L. before looking up at Hiei who was glaring at the laughing girl. "What caused this?," he asked. Hiei looked away from the others who were now staring at him.
"Hn." Kurama sighed when he realized they wouldn't get an answer from the fire demon. Angel cracked one of her eyes open to look at her partner, but didn't move otherwise.
: Geez K.L. could you be any more annoying? It's not even dawn yet and you're already messing around!, : she grumbled in K.L.'s mind. K.L. caught her breath and calmed down a little.
"Ha ha....gomen nasai. But that was just too funny," she said. "I didn't mean to wake you guys." "What was so funny K.L.?," Rita asked, wanting to be in on the joke. K.L. snickered.
"Oh nothing. It's just I find Hiei's little fetish for ice cream very amusing," she replied. "I do not have a fetish!," Hiei protested. "I just like sweet snow and you can't get that in spirit world or demon world!" Kurama glanced up at Hiei with an amused smile on his face.
"How did that come up?," he asked K.L. "He wants me to buy him ice cream to repay him for helping you guys hunt while we're here," K.L. told him.
"Um, what's ice cream K.L.?," Rita asked. "And why would Hiei want it?" "Yes, I've never heard of it before. What could a human provide that Hiei would want?," Aquarion asked. "It's a kind of food," Kurama explained. "Hiei had taken a liking to it during his stay in the human world." "Oh, OK. Well if K.L. is done laughing, I'm going back to sleep," Rita said laying back down and closing her eyes. Angel gave a huge yawn and followed suit, closing the one open eye.
: I agree completely. Wake me up for breakfast, : she said to everyone.
"Yeah go back to sleep everyone. Sorry I woke you up," K.L. said apologetically. Aquarion nodded and laid down as well, soon falling asleep again. Hiei remained silent, apparently falling asleep as well. Kurama however stayed awake.
"Why were you up this late anyway K.L.?," he asked curiously. K.L. shrugged. "I was just thinking and then Hiei started scolding me for being awake and we started talking," she replied.
"Hiei was talking to you? About what?" K.L. was grateful it was still dark out. Thinking about her conversation with Hiei about Kurama brought the ever familiar blush to her cheeks. "N-nothing really," she said hastily. She paused and decided to change the subject. "Um Kurama can I ask you something?" "Go ahead." This was it. She could ask him why he had been avoiding her.
"Well, did I do something to upset you? I mean, it seems like you've been avoiding me." She could see Kurama's emerald eyes blinking in the darkness.
"No, of course you haven't done anything to upset me," he told her. "I would think you'd be the one upset with me after....well..." He trailed off, embarrassed.
"You mean after Yoko kissed me?," K.L. finished for him.
"Ah. Hai after that. K.L. could hear the nervousness in his voice and felt a little happier. So he wasn't mad at her after all, he just thought she was. Funny, she thought Kurama was smarter than that. "Kurama I'm not mad about that. Actually I....I liked it," she confessed quietly. Kurama felt his cheeks heat up even as his heart skipped a beat from joy.
"You did?," he asked hopefully.
"Hai. I really like you Kurama. I have for years, and now that I've finally met you I like you even more. Demon side and all." Kurama smiled happily and moved closer to her, reaching out to grasp her hand in his.
"K.L. you don't know how happy I am that you said that," he told her. "Because I really care about you. He pulled away and reached into his hair, pulling out something she couldn't see in the dark. He opened her hand and gently placed the object in her palm. "Here, I want you to have this." She held the object up to the moon light and gasped. In her hand was a beautiful orchid with deep purple petals. She remembered reading somewhere that orchids stood for love, beauty and refinement. Did that mean he thought she was beautiful and refined? Better yet did it mean he loved her?
"Wow, it's wonderful Kurama!," she breathed, awed by the very suggestion that he might love her. Kurama smiled happily. He was able to see her perfectly despite the dark. Thanks to his demonic abilities. The look on her face as she gazed at the flower was absolutely priceless to him.
"I'm glad you like it. As long as I'm alive, it will always remain in perfect condition and will never wilt no matter what." "Arigatou Kurama. I'll treasure it." He smiled again and edged closer to her so that he was sitting right next to her. He leaned back against her tree and wrapped an arm around her waist. She snuggled closer to him and rested her head on his shoulder with a contented sigh. He was so warm and she felt so safe with him that she felt herself beginning to doze off. She managed to lift her head up briefly to look at him. "Good night Kurama." Kurama leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips. He pulled away and tucked her head under his chin. "Good night K.L.," he whispered. K.L. sighed again and fell asleep with a small smile on her face. Kurama nuzzled her hair and breathed in her scent felling as content as she looked. : Ha! And what have I been saying since day one? : Kurama looked up to see Angel watching them with a very self satisfied look in her eyes. He glared at her but he didn't move so he wouldn't wake K.L.
: And you called K.L. annoying, : he said grumpily. : Why don't you just keep your comments to yourself for once? : Angel laughed in his head.
: Because it's fun to tease you, : she told him. : And I like being right. : : If I felt like moving right now I'd give you so much dream rose you'd sleep for a week. : : Man, you get mean whenever we talk about K.L.. Do you have relationship issues or something? : : Oh be quiet. Every time we talk about K.L. you use the opportunity to make me look like a fool. Which is very annoying seeing as I'm a three hundred year old demon and you're just a wolf pup. : : Ah, but remember I am K.L.'s familiar. I'm no normal pup. At least not any more. I think my body is having a hard time catching up with my mind though. I think like an adult, or even a two legger, but I'm still stuck in this little body. :
: I've noticed, : he said dryly. : I'm beginning to think that you never were a normal wolf pup. : He blinked as he thought about what he had just said. : Wait...maybe that's it! Maybe you're a spirit wolf who was raised by normal wolves! : : What's a spirit wolf? : she asked. : It's a type of demon, : he replied.
: And those are a type of two legger right? Like you, Hiei, Rita, and Aquarius? And the bakas and K.L. are the other kind of two legger right? :
:Hai, they're called humans. : Angel yawned widely.
: Well either way I'm too tired to try to work it out right now. Can we talk about this in the morning? : Kurama bit back a yawn of his own, not wanting to disturb K.L.. : Good idea. We'll talk more in the morning then. : He closed his eyes and nuzzled K.L. again. He drifted off to sleep feeling whole and like he was right where he belonged.

Varan: Aww kawai! I was gonna keep going, but I think I'll end it here. It's just too cute to ruin. Oh and dream rose is from the Immortal series by Tamora Pierce which I also don't own. What do you think? Hiei's not too OOC is he? I always worried I'll make him too nice. But I think he can stand to be a little nice at times. Anyway thanks for reading. Until next time! TTFN!