Enemies from the start lovers until the end

by Kyoka-BOO

AU Kurama's lived a traumitized life and is not always one to trust people. Hiei, a high school dropout passing through, is no different. But when Hiei begins to fall for Kurama, problems arise. Can he earn the fox's trust, much less, his love? HxK

3. Chapter 3

Enemies from the start, lovers until the end

Welcome back everyone! And I say, for anyone keeping track of the calendar, I only took four days to write this, yahoo! I hope anyone who celebrates Independence Day is having a nice time. I have nothing better to do then write. Yeah, my family celebrates it, but have I ever told you that have practically no life? Well, yeah, my family isn't on vacation, we aren't having or going to a large barbeque, and I hope to god my dad doesn't set off our own fireworks. We may go down to our village's (Yes, the still call it a village, although I'd consider it a town seeing how large it is.) firework show though, so that's a plus.

To all you people who took the time to review:

HxK

Well, I'm glad you liked it. And yes, to answer your question, a reviewer did once tell me to go to hell because I liked yaoi. The other two flames on this previous fic were just lectures on how sick I was. But oh well, I'm probably going to hell for my sick mind that only my friends will see the true side of on some rare occasions. But, thank you for the complement, and I hope you'll review in the future.

LoL

Yay! You reviewed again. I appreciate that even more! Soon as possible laughs I always try to do that. I had a lot of graduation parties this weekend, not to mention; my own. Yay though! I got Four Yuu Yuu Hakusho plushies. The other fic, lets see, I've been planning and thinking on that one for a long time. I also have my friend requesting to do the Among Icy Hearts Sequel, which I don't even have a title for yet. I'm going to get that started as soon as possible, and I'm glad to hear someone's interested. Thanks again for your kind review.

Evene

Hmmm, well yeah, it wasn't really supposed to be humorous. But there's no worry at laughing at it. I laugh at things that aren't even remotely funny a lot. I was thinking of making Kurama have this dream where one of those creatures from the movie 'Tremors' was chasing him around. For those of you who don't know what a Tremor is, it's a Precambrian creature((Fictional, of course)that can reproduce without having sex, when it eats, it coughs up an egg for instance. Examples of living things that can reproduce without a male or female counterpart are amoebas, unless I'm wrong, ect. Anyways, these things can't see or hear, only able to sense someone's body heat, or just heat in general. Hey, I only saw the last thirty minutes of it, but it was pretty cool. I decided not to incorporate these since it is supposed to be a serious fic and I couldn't write something humor related if my life depended upon it. I do appreciate your constructive criticism. Yes, I know, my grammar and spelling are both horrible. I recheck it since I don't have my own spell check program. I know, fan fiction's offering a good office program for free. Although I'm a computer nerd and know how to remove viruses and what to trust, my dad feels I am naive. He thinks fan fiction's a big virus for gods sake, and he won't even let me download it if I scan it with the virus program first. Yes, he keeps promising me he'll install MS Word for me. I used to have it, but yeah, I had to reformat my hard drive and it went bye bye. Anyways, thanks for the review and I'm sorry I really rambled on here. Hope to see you reviews in the future!

Blackrose vixen

Yay! I have another reviewer who reviewed on both my chapters so far. That makes me really REALLY happy. I can't thank you any much more than I already am. I'm glad that you liked the last chapter and I hope you'll like this one. So here you go, and I hope to see your review again. Doomo Arigatou Gozaimasu!

Kurafoxgirl

Another kind, kind, reviewer person. I really enjoy that you liked it. Thank you!

Blackbird Serenade

Yes, I know. I got these reasons from a flamer. what I was saying, is, I acknowledge the fact that Mukuro and Hiei are most likely together. Blech, I say they make a horrible couple, they're too much... alike. I like to think of them more as friends' not more than Kurama, who I still say is a better friend to Hiei, even though half the time, Hiei denies it. Everyone says Kurama's got Maya, and I couldn't protest to that. It's still nice to say that they'd make a great couple. But, yeah, she's out of the picture as you say. I'm not some rabid fangirl who runs around screaming 'MINE' all the time just because I like Kurama. In fact, he's my favorite to pair with people. Yeah.. I'm weird, I know. But I can blame my insanity on the yaoi, for insanity is linked to yaoi as it is. And yes, dear old Togashi-san did say they didn't have any sort of relationship. but who gives a care, They're called doujinshi, fanart, and fanfiction for a reason. This is a point I've been trying to illustrate the entire time. Although they really aren't a pair, doesn't mean we can't dream, hope, and sit in our own little world enjoying people writing of it. They still make a sweet pair, nonetheless. I couldn't care less that they are both boys, and in fact, I like it better that way.

As a note, flashbacks in this chapter will suggest the fact of Kurama having long hair at the age of twelve. I know that this isn't true, but lets just say that this is an alternate universe and I'm changing it. He also won't retain his memories as a youko, although he is youko's reincarnate.

Disclaimer: I own nothing that Togashi-san created, oh yes, I do have some plushies and a nice keychain. Oh yes, and that wonderful poster too. But besides that, nothing else. This fic is strictly for entertainment uses and will not be reproduced or sold. I also acknowledge an characters, except for the possibility of a few original ones, are created to said person

Warning: I will not say this again, if you don't like yaoi, turn back. Leave! I also must warn you, hints of rape, and torture will be definite in the NEXT chapter, and will also come it play later on. If you don't like that either, I suggest that unless you're planning to deal with it, you turn back now.

You reviewer people! I have seen you! 209 hits and thirteen reviews do not correlate with each other, I hardly doubt that only my reviewers have done that. Although it isn't your obligation to review, it motivates, meaning, I'll write faster and more efficiently. So please, unless you're absolutely set against the idea of reviewing, I'd appreciate it if you did.

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Chapter three: His Memories, a Past of Pain and Horror Part I

Kurama moved uneasily on the floor. With the loss of his conscience, sleep was brought, but it wasn't peaceful; rather, it was as restless as the night before, memories of the past torturing him every second. His face was still plagued with fever, an almost dangerous seeming fever. This was the type to worry for, although Kurama was in no position to argue with it, his attention focused on the memories that had laid themselves before his eyes; ones that he couldn't forget all so easily.

It was a beautiful town, the landscape was perfect and you couldn't hope for anything better than this. The skyline was clear and peaceful, complementing the beautiful, clear blue sky above. The long grass and dirt roads gave beautiful accent to the ornate little cottages of many colors. To the west, you cold see A mythical looking forest, filled with pines, Japanese maples, and sakura. Often times, if you wandered out at night you'd see a wolf pack, hollowing at the luminescent moon or a deer pack grazing peacefully. A young teen smiled happily as the night breeze greeted him, a small smile growing on his face that easily accompanied shimmering, youthful jade eyes.

He'd looked so different back then, yet still the same. He was defiantly shorter, by almost a foot, from his fifteen-year-old self. also, he still retained the looks of a boy, having yet to grow up and take on slightly more teenish appearances. He was also dressed innocently. The clothes varied form his teenage form. He didn't wear black like he did a lot nowadays, and although he was dressed slightly different than most parents would say is a look fit for a young boy, he looked as if his parents still chose his clothes sometimes.

As he walked, a light wind blew the long hair of the redhead, it gave him such a beautiful, sylphlike appearance.. It was like, he wasn't to tan, the perfect shade of white and brown mixed together, and he wasn't to thin. At the same time, his slender body gave him a somewhat girly appearance, along with those large, emerald orbs. Of course, one shouldn't, but should, mistaken, such a polite young person was indeed, a boy. He word dark green button up shirt that was tucked into white, and he was much more intelligent than what met the eye. He in fact, Had already finished school subjects far past his level; all the way up to the last year of high school. That's the type of outcome you'd typically see from a person of this village, they were all very smart, expect for his two friends. Kuwabara and Yuusuke were not stupid, but they weren't as smart in the sense that they slacked off on their studies. It was a rare feat to see either of the two reading a textbook. The thought made the redhead chuckle.

Speaking of which, the two ran up to Kurama greeting him louder then necessary. "OUI Fox-boy!" he smiled and replied with his own polite greeting

"Oyasumi-nasai" The raven-haired boy punched Kurama on the back of the shoulder playfully and looked questionably at his friend.

"Fox-boy, what're you doing out at this time. I mean, I know you're lucky enough to be allowed out because your parents trust you, but you never come out here at this time. He smiled and shook his head. He had no need to sneak out every night like they did. it was true that his parents allowed him out as late as he wished as long as he left a note saying where he was going and when he would be back. He rarely took advantage of this privilege, but since he couldn't sleep, he'd decided to do so since it was such a nice, cool night outside. Still, his silence offered an answer enough for Yuuske and he continued without any other word.

"Me and Kuwa are going to the forest tonight, you want to come with?" Kurama shrugged and followed as they walked. While Kuwabara and Yuusuke rambled on about how they'd seen a great wrestling match on television, Kurama followed a few feet behind, enjoying the peace the night offered despite Kuwabara and Yuusuke's rambling. He sighed at they reached the forest, taking in the fresh scent of the trees. he'd always really loved nature, foxes for some strange reason too. This attraction to said things earned him several different names from his two friends. They always called him 'fox-boy' or when they were mad at him 'tree-hugger'

Well, the nicknames weren't cruel at least. He had to give them that. But it did get slightly surprised when all they'd refer to him was fox-boy, even around his parents. At least nobody else used the nickname. Not that ever stoic Kurama would mind. Nothing ever seemed to get to him, not even his friends bickering and ignorance. He paused to tell his friends they were going to hurt themselves if they climbed much higher in the tree, where the branches that couldn't support their weight were. He merely sat in a tree, watching in case one of them did hurt themselves.

The night passed itself easily, Kurama headed home around one o clock o he could get some sleep. Of course, Yuusuke and Kuwabara stayed out well into the night; having only the time to slip into bed before their parents awoke. Kurama was awake at six, and despite his late night, he felt well refreshed and ready to get up. When he came into the kitchen, his mother, Shiori chimed a cheerful greeting before making a request. "Kurama, would you mind going out to the store for me quickly, It seems I'm out of eggs and I was already planning on making omlettes today."

"No problem mother. I'll be back as soon as I can." Kurama said in an equally as cheerful voice. On his way to the door, he ran into his stepfather, who was dressed and walking down the stairs, but still half asleep.

"Hello, father." He yawned slightly before blinking and saying.

"'Morning Shiori-koi" And walking to the kitchen in hopes of ending his fatigue with a large cup of coffee. Kurama didn't take any offense at the misconception and simply put on his shoes and walked out the front door. Sun greeted him along with the relaxing twitters of several different species of bird. Dew still covered the grass due to the still early, but not too early time. The e store wasn't that far away from his house, and with Kurama's fast pace, he reached the place within minutes. It must've only taken him five minutes to grab the ingredients that his mom had requested along with the eggs before he reached the counter.

The sales clerk greeted him kindly. Practically everyone was cheerful here. "Ohayo Kurama-kun. Are you running more errands for your mother?" She smiled and blinked back with an intelligence that wasn't unusual to see in this village.

"Yes Yukimura-chan. How have things been going with you and Yuusuke?" Keiko was Yuusuke's girlfriend. A lot more smart and outwardly kind than him. But of course you didn't want to make her mad, those kitten brown eyes could go from such a kind state to that of a murderer's in a fraction of a second if provoked. Yuusuke had a good reason to be scared of her. She was the only one he truly feared.

"Yuusuke and I are perfect, arigatou. Tell your mother I send my greetings" she said, as she handed him a paper bag with his stuff in it. He waved and began to walk home, careful not to drop the eggs. He delivered all the things his mother had requested quickly, making his mother smile. She told him to go sit down and wait, for within minutes, she held a plat of her famous omlettes for everyone. With that, his brother arrived, taking an omlette and beginning to eat.

"This is delicious mom. You never fail to be the best." said Kurama's little brother. Shiori blushed at the comment. Kurama got up. "Well, mother, I'll be outside, I guess I'll see you later." he kissed he farewell on the cheek before walking out the front door. He walked ahead, wandering around town for a little bit before he found Yuusuke and Kuwabara.

Before he came into sight of Yuusuke and Kurama, he saw a muscular figure with an axe, Bui. He waved with his axe slung behind his back. Although he looked like a monster, he chopped much wood for the village, and he was Kurama's friend. Bui waved back, heading off in another direction. That's when Kurama spotted his friends, donned in their trademark fighting clothed. The waved for him to come of and Kurama complied.

"C'mon fox boy, were're practicing sparring and we want to teach you some moves. Kurama shook his head, telling them that h should just stand off to the side and watch, but Yuusuke and Kuwabara said they wouldn't take no for an answer. They showed Kurama a proper defensive stance before speaking.

"Fox-boy, this'll be useful one day when you running from a rapist or something." Kurama looked at them, baffled.

"Yuusuke, Kuwabara-kun, I don't think that such a ridiculous thing would ever happen. You know as well as I do, this town is devoid of all crime. We don't even need a police squad to control it."

"Well, I promise you it will come in handy one day."

"Okay, try and block us." They ran at Kurama, fists raised. Kurama threw his arms up in attempt to block him, and managed to block Kuwabara's hit. The downside? Yuusuke hit him right in the gut and sent him flying backwards.

"Oops I think I put too much power into that.." replied Yuusuke as Kurama writhed in pain on the ground.

Hours later, Kurama stumbled into his home, crimson hair still ruffled from the day's training. Kuwabara and Yuusuke said that he was okay at blocking, and once he could block any punches, kicks, or brutal attacks they threw at him, they'd teach him how to attack. As the weeks, passed, Kurama slowly improved, but didn't move onto attacks yet. Shiori began to worry for her son, he'd come back exhausted, often times, bruised and sore. He told her he was learning self-defense to defend himself and his family, if necessary. But he was diligent, and kept training. And one day, Kuwabara finally announced he was ready to teach him attacks. Kurama cheered when they told him he'd have the day off as a reward. He smiled and ran out to the forest to enjoy his time alone. he couldn't remember the last time he'd gone without training for a day. He must've fallen asleep, for when he awoke, he found himself in the same Sakura tree he'd sat down in, surrounded by darkness. For a minute, he thought that he'd awoken from a dream, but a sudden scent caught his nose, coming from the direction of his village.

...smoke...

He leapt off his perch and ran at top speed, only to find to his horror, his village burned practically to the ground, a few houses still in flame. He walked to the destruction that should've been his home. Only a large pile of ashes and rubble. He growled and looked for the arsonists who had started this fire. He heard cackles and screams of villagers. When he found the source, Kurama felt like fainting. The remaining members of his village, laying slaughtered on the ground. A cry rose in his throat as he leapt towards the attackers, without thinking. His mother was tied in a corner, alive but bound by ropes. The demon smiled in an almost sadistic manner. Kurama could immediately identify this person wasn't human. He felt two people grab his arms and fold the forcefully behind him. A cry of pain arose when he felt one of his arms being twisted in a way it should've been.

"Keep him while I kill the girl." Kurama screamed and struggled using a few of the techniques he'd learned from Yuusuke and Kuwabara in an attempt to break fee, but he felt another one tie a rope along his legs and wrap an arm around his waist to restrain him further. He screamed at them to let his so, growling as the other guy brought his mother forward to a wall, pinning her against it and holding his sword at the ready. Kurama was otherwise restrained. He had one broken arm, and his legs were tied, so he didn't have much choice. He screamed as he saw blood of his beloved mother splatter, struggling even more. It didn't matter now; his hands were let go of his waist released, and his legs, unbound. Kurama cried out again and ran to his mother, ignoring the unbearable pain in his arm. He had always worried about others more than himself, it was a second nature.

"MOTHER! MOTHER!" he said, beginning to sob into her hair. He knew it was no use, he was vaguely aware of Kuwabara and Yuusuke's bodies nearby which made him even feel even angrier and sadder then what he felt before. Not angry with the people, but angry with himself, for no being able to do something. He was left in sudden fear of what was to come of him. His two friends were the strongest he knew, and these people had to be pretty strong to beat them. He sobbed into his mother's shirt before he felt his chin being lifted. The man who had killed his mother; Bui smirked back.

"Bui... w-why" was the only thing he managed to utter weakly in another wave of sobs. Bui smirked

"They pay much better than your petty town, fox." Why was he being called fox now. It didn't mane sense, but he kept his mouth shut, to sad to say anything else. He felt himself being pulled up and told to follow. This, he would not comply with, soft jade eyes narrowed in anger, and he pulled off towards his mother and friends' corpses. This caused a large bout of pain on his part since it was his broken arm being clutched, but he didn't care, he pulled even harder towards the ones he cared for.

"Come fox, they are dead" Kurama said nothing and kept struggling.

"Shall we kill him, Bui?" they asked

"No. The master stated he wanted this boy alive, so it would be pointless to kill him here. But let's go, we retrieved what we came for. But please, do something about that struggling.

"Hai!" Kurama felt something hard and metallic collide with his skull. they'd hit him on the head with a pole. A hard one by the looks of it. Kurama was overcome by dizziness and nausea, falling to the ground with no more need for struggle. There were a few words he heard, only noticing they were directed at him when he felt Bui's putrid breath brushing his skin as he whispered to the redhead.

"Don't press your luck, our beautiful fox. For you are better off now, that later. Consider yourself warned" After Bui finished his sentence, Kurama felt himself wavering on the edge of consciousness, all went black.

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Muhahaha! Cliffie! Torture and rapeish indications to come in the next chapter.

Yeah, so it probably isn't the best chapter. But I'd say I'm pretty much as satisfied as I can get for now. As for updates, I'm not busy, and unless anything major happens my updated will go smooth for the rest of the month. August is when it gets hectic. Week one, I go to camp for a week. Then the week after the following week, I go back to school. August 17th it is. But still, my updates will be frequent until I get to high school. I don't know what it'll be like, but I've heard this school I'm going to gives plenty of homework. I'll always find some time to update, though. I don't even know if these homework rumors are true. Just like that rumor about the seniors throwing new kids in the poolsweatdrops I doubt that...

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