Hiei stayed with Kurama throughout the afternoon. While watching the fox's sleeping face, Hiei realized how child-like he looked when in this condition. A content smile crossed his face as the boy took a deep breath while still sleeping. Hiei finally fell asleep when the sun began to set, still in an upright position with nothing to lean on. He didn't know how long he slept there, with Kurama still asleep in his lap, but the shrill ringing of the telephone snapped him awake.

Quickly, but carefully Hiei lifted Kurama's head and placed it gently back on the floor, while scooting out from underneath him. He reached the phone on the forth ring.

"Hello..?" he answered groggily.

"Hiei!" the voice answered on the other end, startled.

"Huh...? Yusuke?" Hiei replied, equally confused.

"What are you doing at Kurama's house?"

"There was some confusion... he's sleeping right now. I would prefer not to wake him."

"That's fine. I just called 'cause there's something on the news about a son trying to kill his mother. The woman looks like Kurama's mother, so I wanted to call and find out."

Hiei sighed and sat down on Kurama's bed, glancing at the boy on the floor. "Yeah, it was her. But they're wrong. He didn't try to kill her. To tell you the truth, Kurama confessed to his mother about his past life. It looks like she's not accepting him. I think that she did it and framed her son."

Yusuke was quiet on the other end. "Why would she do that?" he whispered hoarsly.

"I don't know, but I want to find out. What time is it?" he wondered suddenly. It was dark out, and he hadn't bothered to check the time.

"Eh... almost 10:30 in the evening. You sound like you just woke up, is that why?"

"Uh hu..." Hiei replied.

"What? Givin' the fox some company while he sleeps?" the other boy joked. "How very thoughtful of you." Hiei heard a short laugh on the other end.

"Shut up Yusuke."

"Oh so it's true?"

Hiei was quiet. He didn't feel like lying or arguing with the spirit detective at the moment.

"Damn Hiei, didn't know you two were that close." Another laugh could be heard.

"Dammit Yusuke shuddup!" Hiei demanded, more loudly then he had anticipated. "It's not like that. He's been asleep all day after he learned this morning that his mother had framed him."

"Oh... that must suck for him."

"You have no idea..." Hiei mumbled, more to himself then the boy he was talking to.

"What Hiei?"

"Oh nothing." Hiei glanced down at the fox as he heard him shift positions. His emerald eyes cracked open and stared up at Hiei, who gave a sympathetic smile in return. "I have to go Yusuke. Talk to you later." Without waiting for a reply, he hung up the phone.

"How are you feeling Kurama?" Hiei asked quietly.

"Sick," he muttered, closing his eyes again.

"Don't worry, your mother will understand."

The fox sighed. "How do you know? She blamed me for trying to kill her. Does she really hate me that much?"

Hiei was about to reply before the phone rang again. He scowled down at the contraption lying by his thigh. "How can you live with this thing?" he wondered before answering.

"Is Shuichii Minamino there?" he recognized the doctor's voice.

Hiei covered the mouth piece and looked down at Kurama. "Are you here?"

Kurama grinned, sensing the fire demon's sarcasm, then reached his hand up for the phone. Hiei gave it to him, then ran into another room and picked up another telephone. He wanted to know what the doctor would say.