(Sept10 2005) Last chapter! I know, "Awww, man!" But it's a good chapter. Without further adieu... Oh wait, yeah, 69 reviews. How ironic. NOW Without further adieu, the chapter!
CHAPTER FIVE
Seimigaku looked even worse than the last time they'd seen him. Blood smeared his face and chest, his shirt was ripped off entirely, and by the marks on his body, Kurama guessed he had more than a few broken bones. His left eye was swollen shut, but the light spilling in on his face when the guards opened the door roused him, and his right eye opened.
"'Rama!" he cried happily. "It wore off!" His voice was slurred slightly. A broken bone in his cheek, Kurama guessed was the cause.
"I see they treated you well," the fox said, smirking. Seimigaku's eye paused on Hiei for a moment before sliding slowly back to the redhead.
"Do you forgive me?"
"Forgive you?" The redhead smiled and drew closer to the chemist. "I may."
"Really!"
"Perhaps." He idly played with some of the prisoner's silky locks. "It seems I don't have any lasting effects…" Brushing the messy hair back from Seimigaku's face, he tilted his head to one side, smiling a cute little smile. "Are you in a lot of pain, Seimigaku?" he asked curiously, innocently. Lightly, he traced bruised lips, barely ghosting his fingertips across them.
"I've had worse…"
"You have!" Kurama seemed surprised, in a teasing, false sort of way.
"Yes…" Seimigaku was getting confused. The beautiful fox smelled strongly of something… A powerful scent that almost dizzied his mind. But he couldn't put his finger on it. He definitely knew what it was, though.
"You've had worse than a broken cheekbone—" Kurama gently traced the bone until he felt the break, then pushed hard. A cry of pain escaped his victim. "—and a few broken ribs?" He repeated the treatment on the ribs, eliciting more shouts.
"Kurama! I-I thought you… You said you forgave me!"
"I said I might." He smirked, leaning in very close to the bound demon and whispering, "I decided not to." He stepped back and packed all his anger into one solid punch, further breaking the chemist's face. Seimigaku's good eye closed when his head impacted the wall and bounced forward to droop lifelessly. He was out cold.
Kurama turned around to smile at Hiei. The little demon's eyebrows had vanished under his headband.
"I had no idea you could hit that hard, Fox," he said, sounding impressed.
"I just need the proper motivation."
Hiei moved forward to examine the damage. "I think you broke his jaw."
"I'm not done yet."
"Naturally." Hiei pulled the fox down and kissed him lovingly. A groan from the captive broke them apart a moment later. His eye opened slowly. Gazing at the two without seeing for a moment, something clicked in his brain.
Sex.
Kurama smelled like sex.
Trying to demand an explanation, he opened his mouth. A cry of pain confirmed Hiei's diagnosis.
"I wouldn't speak if I were you," Kurama advised. "Your jaw is broken."
One eye glared.
"Have you still had worse?" The redhead smirked. "I feel kind of bad for you. That's why I'm not going to touch you again."
The glaring eye widened hopefully. Then widened further with fear when Kurama turned his smile to Hiei and spoke the smaller demon's name in an offering tone.
"Gladly," the fire demon said, a malicious expression on his face. He grabbed a fistful of his cloak and pulled it off, exposing his ragged shirt, his muscled arms, the bandages concealing the black dragon that wound its way down his arm.
Kurama took the heavy fabric from Hiei's hand and sat casually in the only chair in the room to watch the proceedings.
Hiei probably had too much fun beating the hell out of Seimigaku. Finally, Kurama called a halt.
"Hiei, love, I think that's enough."
The fire demon reluctantly relaxed his fist. Seimigaku was barely there at all, but Hiei had made good and sure he stayed conscious. After all, how can one properly appreciate the searing agony of masterful torture when their brain started shutting down on them?
Kurama stood and waited until Seimigaku's now half-blind right eye turned towards him and focused slightly before he drew Hiei into a passionate, searing kiss. They broke apart slowly and the redhead drew Hiei against his chest in a one-armed hug, looking directly at the chemist.
"Seimigaku… can you hear me? Acknowledge my voice."
Not a single change in the demon. He stared at them blankly, his face bruised and bloody.
"He probably can't," Hiei said. "I beat him within an inch of his life."
"Damn, Hiei." He reached up and unlocked the chains holding the prisoner to the wall. Seimigaku crumbled to the floor like his legs were made of jelly. He didn't move.
"Damn, Hiei!" Kurama repeated. "I'm impressed." He leaned down to the bleeding mess of demon on the floor. Getting close to his ear, he spoke softly, "I really must thank you. Because of you, Hiei and I realized we wanted to be together." He stood up. "You will most likely die from injuries quite soon. You will be released to Makai. They cannot hold you any longer without a trial. But they have no obligation to patch you up. So… it's good-bye."
"Good riddance," Hiei corrected.
"I won't miss you," Kurama told the unmoving form. With that, he led Hiei out of the dungeon.
After a brief word with Koenma, the couple was told to return home. As they headed down the hall towards the portal, Kurama smiled.
"Ready to get back home, Hiei?"
"Not quite yet, Fox," the fire demon said. "We have one last matter of business to attend to."
"Oh? What's that?"
Hiei smirked.
Yusuke was on his way home when he decided to take a walk through the park to unwind. The ordeal with Kurama had been rather stressful, and he just felt like relaxing for a bit.
He wandered off the main path and walked for a while, reaching a more secluded part of the public park, both out of eyesight and earshot of anyone who may have been searching for him. Leaning against a tree, he let his eyes slide closed, unaware of the watchful eyes nearby and the two identical triumphant smirks.
"How convenient."
Yusuke's eyes snapped open at Kurama's voice. The fox had appeared out of nowhere, Hiei in tow.
"I wanted a word with you, Yusuke," the redhead continued casually.
The detective smiled. "Sure! What is it?"
Vines shot down from the tree and caught the boy's wrists, yanking them above his head and securing them tightly. The leafy plant quickly snared the startled teen's ankles, effectively rendering him immobile, except for the struggling that quickly stopped when panic faded.
"What the hell are you doing!" Yusuke cried, startled and angry if not a little frightened. He'd seen Kurama mad. The captive boy's mind raced to all the things he'd done to the fox lately that might have angered him. Kurama looked calm, even amused, and in Yusuke's mind that was worse than him glaring.
"I was quite ready to go home and take a nice warm bath… But Hiei kindly reminded me how a certain someone couldn't keep his eyes off my body when I was under the influence of Seimigaku's drugs."
Uh-oh. Yusuke's eyes widened as a drop of sweat trickled down his face.
"So… Yusuke, since you've been a very naughty boy, we decided you needed a little bit of punishment."
"K-Kurama… C'mon… I-I didn't mean anything by it… It was only… 'cause… well…"
"Yes?" the fox prompted as the teen trailed off, clearly hesitant to continue.
"W-well… You… had… Y'know… It was hard to keep my… uh…"
"Spit it out, detective," Hiei said.
"YOU HAD BIG BOOBS, OKAY?" Yusuke snapped at Kurama after another second's hesitation. He looked down and away, blushing. "It's hard to keep my eyes off hooters like those."
Kurama chuckled slightly at his wording. Good old eloquent Yusuke.
"Hiei did," the fox pointed out.
"Well he's not me! Besides…" He blushed more furiously and mumbled something.
"Pardon me?" Kurama asked politely, his voice clearly amused.
"I mean… I saw you two in the dungeon… kissing…" He abruptly decided it was time for a change of subject and rounded on the two angrily. "Why do you have me all tied up like this! You gonna sit back and watch Hiei maul me, like he mauled that Seimigaku freak! Just cuz I looked at your boobs!"
"Hardly," Hiei said. "This is Kurama's show. I get to sit back and watch, this time." And to emphasize his point, he plopped down in the grass and made himself comfortable.
Kurama smirked and strode forward, adding an extra sway to his hips for Hiei's—and perhaps Yusuke's—benefit. The hiyoukai smirked, watching intently. The detective only blushed more.
"So, Yusuke… You got to look at me…" Yusuke could have sworn the fox's eyes glittered gold at his next words. "Time for payback. Let's see what you've got."
"What!" The teen shied away as Kurama drew closer. He felt the fox's long fingers deftly work open the button on his jeans. "No! Kurama, you can't do this to me!"
Kurama smiled at him, laughter in his eyes. "Sure I can. I am, aren't I?" He stepped back and sent some of his ki into the vines around Yusuke's wrists. They stirred into motion, slithering down his arms like snakes, down into the sleeves of his white tee shirt.
"Kurama!" he cried, squirming. "Really! I'm sorry! I'll never gawk at your boobs again! I promise!"
Again, Kurama laughed, watching the vines slither down Yusuke's chest under his shirt. "Of course you won't," he said, his eyes not meeting his victim's. "I don't have breasts anymore, Yusuke."
"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!" he cried desperately, squirming as if the vines tickled, brown eyes bolted shut.
The vines slowly slid Yusuke's shirt up to expose rock-hard abs. Kurama gazed at the bared skin that shimmered with a light sheen of sweat, then glanced at Hiei, who was sitting on the ground beside him. The fire demon's eyes were locked on that skin and he was clearly enjoying it.
"Ku-RAMA!"
The shirt went up and off, and after a moment floated down to the ground.
"GUYS! Come on! Kurama! I never saw you without clothes on! Please! This isn't fair!"
"Of course it isn't, Yusuke. But it's the most fun that way, don't you think?"
"This is NOT fun!" He let out a startled yelp as the vines slid into the loosened top of his pants, and let out a short string of obscenities before he cut them off with a gasp. Kurama's plants were naughty little things…
"Kurama!" he screamed angrily, blushing brightly and sweating profusely.
Slowly, an inch at a time, Yusuke's pants slid downwards. The vines left his skin, for which he was extremely grateful, and concentrated on removing the last of his clothing. His eyes bolted shut and he looked away.
Woosh! All of a sudden they were down, around his bound ankles, and nothing was left to imagination.
"Wow," Kurama said, not completely keeping awe from creeping into his voice. Hiei's eyes widened, then narrowed with a smirk.
"Impressive."
Their victim opened his eyes and looked at them out of the corner of his eye, his face as red as Kurama's hair. His skin was so hot the two demons could tell even at their distance.
"I can't believe you're doing this." His voice was small and angry, and thoroughly humiliated.
"You have nothing to be embarrassed about, detective," Hiei said. Kurama smiled and reached out to the teen's black hair, gently petting it.
"He's right, you know."
"Don't touch me, fox-boy! I'll bite off your hand, you bastard! Are you DONE GAWKING YET! I hate you guys!"
"One more second."
"One! There! You're done! Gimme my pant—mmph!" A vine wound through his mouth, silencing him.
"We're done when we feel it's equal payback."
Yusuke's glare could have melted ice; "I HATE YOU!" was written clearly in the chocolate brown orbs.
After a few more minutes, Kurama stepped forward and gently pulled up Yusuke's pants, securing them around his hips and placing a gentle kiss on the teen's forehead as the vines retreated. Hiei handed the boy his shirt, quickly kissing his cheek and stepping back against Kurama. They watched him pull on his shirt, waiting for him to regain his composure and dignity. All he said before he left was, with a half-hearted glare, "You better never do that again or I'll beat you both…"
Then he turned and quickly left. When he glanced over his shoulder, the couple was already distracted with each other. He hadn't missed the way they had looked at him. It wasn't entirely just 'I'm gawking to embarrass you,' it was also 'I'm gawking because you have a big dick and you're hot.' He wasn't entirely sure what to think of the entire encounter, but needless to say, now he REALLY needed to be away from people and unwind, and the secluded part of the public park was no longer an option for that particular activity.
Hiei smiled at his fox. "Well, Kurama? Was it worth the delay?"
"Yes." He smirked and claimed Hiei's lips for another kiss.
A/N As promised and hinted at…revenge…isn't it wonderful? Well, for those of you reading this on fanfiction dot net, this is the end of our story…there is an epilogue that will be posted over where the full version of the last chapter was posted, for those of you who care and are interested in it. We want to thank all our readers and reviewers…and now we will return to our normal writing…while this has been fun for us, we don't necessarily want to do it again. Credit for the story idea goes to hColleen's roommate, who thought it'd be funny and spent about half an hour in a store laughing about it with her. Shadow was wonderful enough to agree to cowrite, and the results are what you have read. Again, thank you to our readers and reviewers. Sayonara.