Enemies from the start, lovers until the end
Disclaimer: Me? Own Yuu Yuu Hakusho? Never! Ha-ha
Warning: Danger, danger! Yaoi/Angst story ahead, if you don't like it. Take the liberty of not reading it at all. If the thought disgusts you, think no more and turn back. There still are the happy little stories about Kurama and Hiei actually liking girls, so you can read them if you want.
To all you reviewer people:
Evene
Well, I'm glad you liked the length. I honestly didn't know I went so long, I just had so many ideas to write down, Hikaru was one of my added on ones that took up a lot of space. He wasn't in the plan before, but I don't really care about that. I'm glad there's no more confusion now, and I'm sure you have a clearer idea of why Kurama chooses his actions now. He isn't too out of character, is he? I'm hopefully making sure Hiei isn't as out of character as I see that Kurama is currently. Sounds good that you program has spell checker, although it sounds like it stinks in some ways, I'm just happy to have a spell checker on this one. In fact, this is my first chapter I'm doing on a word document, meaning It's a lot easier spell checking-wise. Thank you so much for reviewing, consistently for that matter.
Lol
Yay! I'm glad you like it. I see more then one person likes how long I made it. At first, I thought it would just annoy everyone. Yeah, poor, poor, Kurama. I'm so mean to him, I shouldn't deserve to say I love him…
Oh well, I'm just hoping my writings of Kurama's suffering didn't drive too many people away. I think I get in off of my friend. -.- She is in love with Marth, yet, he is her favorite torture subject, not to mention, person in numerous yaoi pairings. See? I'm crazy. I'm really bad about Karasu's name spelling, and I hate myself for that. I must go and work for hours to revise the rest of my spellings in previous chapters. I'll probably do that tomorrow. And yes, I am not perfect. I am the definition of imperfection. But het, I'm proud of it at least.
Black Rose Vixen
Yes, way too many bad memories………. GOMEN NASAI!
Jay
I'm glad you liked my story, along with the length. Thanks for your review and I'm glad someone thinks I'm not boring.
Kuranga 108
Yay, another person liked Kurama's memories. Yeah, well I bet Karasu's name being misspelled would bother you, so here you go, I'm putting it in my dictionary so if I spell it wrong I will know. (Yeah, I add all the names to the dictionary because I don't like seeing all the red lines) As for your question, I don't want to say anything, so you'll just have to find out.
Mouku Mizaki
Hmm, I see you like pain too. Yeah, from reading Alyson-sama's all the time, you'll either snap, get used to it, of learn to love it. So that's what happened to me. Yeah, Koenma should have to Kurama the truth about Hikaru, but as you said, that would be less fun. We don't want Kurama to have too much hope for the time being, now do we?
I have so many nice reviewers. I love what you say about it, since it's really reassuring. It's nice to know there's someone out there enjoying what I write, and it makes me appreciate what life has to offer a lot more than I usually do.
Note: Anyone wishing to know the name of Kurama's phobia? It's Anthrophobia. Yep, there is such a thing as fear of people. There are also more weird ones, such as fear of Japan Japanophobia., teenagers Ephebiphobia, walking Ambulophobia, and long words. Said phobia actually being the longest word in the English language, I think. Poor people scared of their own phobia name. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, that's a mouthful, ne?
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Chapter 5: Fever
Hiei sighed as he carried Kurama quietly through the twilight, running at top speed. He found it annoying that this town didn't even have a hospital. Gods, when he finally got his chance he'd make sure that he'd kill Koenma, then Kurama and Botan because they were so annoying. Hiei certainly did not like being ordered around, and it seemed it showed by the furious aura he was emitting.
The redhead stirred slightly and opened his eyes halfway, closing them again when he was overcome by a wave of nausea and fear. Indeed he did not like to be held this way, even Hiei could observe that. Still, the fact remained that Hiei could care less, much less, take any desire in showing that he took notice to the fox's state of fear. Kurama's thin, slender body trembled uncontrollably in Hiei's arms, but still, he felt too weak to move. The effects of Kurama's high fever were surely setting in, he felt extremely cold and shivers were mixed with his trembling. Why did it have to be so cold out tonight anyway. "Where a-are you taking m-me?" Kurama managed to stammer out.
"Hn, I thought someone such as you would have more sense than this. I'm taking you to a doctor since you're too ignorant to do it yourself." Kurama was on the brink of terror. Not only was he in the arms of a strange, standoffish person, but he was also being taken to a doctor. Doctors, Kurama didn't like them either, although everyone always said they had your best interest in mind, they only brought memories of the healers at Karasu's castle to mind. Kurama merely groaned and fell limp in his arms, breathing becoming more uneven and labored then it already was.
They reached a hospital within minutes, and Hiei stood outside for a moment to survey the fox again. He was worse then he has been just a little while ago, he was panting now, and sweating badly from what Hiei could tell was a serious fever. Vaguely, he wondered when the breathing trouble had arisen. Kurama squirming in Hiei's arms and muttering several words Hiei couldn't seem to make out. At least he was conscious. He brought Kurama to the nurse's desk and towered over the lady, waiting for her to answer. "Hello and how may I help you?" Hiei motioned as best as he could towards the panting boy squirming in his grip.
"What do you think?" He asked intensely. The nurse shivered, but called for a doctor as Hiei wished. When he arrived though, Kurama seemed to be frightened even more. Enough, at least, that he shuddered still more violently and buried his face in Hiei's shirt, despite the fact he also feared the one holding him.
"Come with me, I'm sure that he'd like you to be with him for a while," the doctor requested, motioning for Hiei to follow. Hiei merely rolled his eyes and sighed. This doctor was dubbed a fool now. Courtesy of judgment, complements to Hiei. What did he think of Kurama and Hiei as? Friends? The though both angered and amused him Kurama clung loosely to his shirt, whimpering every now and then. Hiei wondered for the umpteenth time what turn of events had brought him to this stage of evident fright, he'd never met someone so cowardly in his entire life!
A door was opened for him and he walked through the threshold, sitting down and prying Kurama out of his hands so he could be laid on a hospital bed. Kurama panted slightly and drew away form the doctor's hands, eyeing both forms wearily with half closed eyes. At a glance you could see how dull and ill looking they were, despite their usually healthy look. He took breathing slowly, drawing in each breath with careful precision. The doctor was only to shake his head and begin to survey the patient's condition further. Kurama only drew away more, but was still unable to avoid the doctor's touch.
His face was lifted and his eyes glanced into, temperature taken, such things. The doctor frowned at the thermometer he'd used a moment ago. "104.3? Hmm, not good…" At that Kurama coughed harder, panting for more air again and pulling away from the two, closing his eyes, laying down and giving a shudder. The doctor turned to speak to Hiei,
"His symptoms are pointing towards the possibility of pneumonia, a severe case to be precise, let me try and diagnose his condition and you can go wait in the waiting room. I'll tell you when I know more."
The doctor continued to examine Kurama, who screamed slightly and drew away when the doctor took a stethoscope and reached up his shirt to check his pulse. Yet another Iatrophobic person he had to deal with apparently. Kurama didn't say anything, but trembled as the doctor gripped his shoulders in an attempt to calm him. Ha. Like that worked. He sighed and confirmed his suspicions, asking a nurse before he left to get Kurama a breathing mask, IV, and medicine once he left. He did remember too comment on Kurama's fear, warning her to be careful. Her only comment was
"Poor, poor, dear." She sighed upon entering the room, greeted by a fearful figure that cringed back as she stepped closer. Poor thing, he was so scared, she gently reached out to inject him with proper medicine to help the fever. At first, he didn't draw back, but when he felt the prick or the needle coming in, the in a second, out he jumped back and gave a cry of disapproval. She sighed, clicking her tongue as she drew a breathing mask around his face. She could see that he was panting, and then took her chance to insert the needle for the IV while his attention was focused on the breathing mask that had just been placed around his mouth. He still drew away slightly, but this time the nurse smiled and patted his hand gently. "There we are. I hope you feel better, dear." With that, she left.
Hiei didn't need telling twice, he walked out to the room where three other people sat, surveying the sharply before sitting down in a soft chair. There was a young women in her twenties sitting opposite of Hiei, she didn't seem too notice what was going on around her, she was crying silently into her husbands shirt, who sat next to her, patting her back softly. And whispering three words over and over again. "There, there, Hikari" Another man about five years older paced around the waiting room, not sad, but as it seemed, worried about something. Hiei felt the doctor's presence nearing, and stood quickly, walking over to the door where he knew the doctor would come out of. He was just glad to find a reason to remove himself from here. The crying woman was beginning to get on his nerves.
The doctor sighed as he walked out of the door, rubbing his temples as if frustrated by something. Hiei only glared and waited for him to speak. After a few moments, he did.
"Well, I was correct in my predictions. Your friend has pneumonia, we need to keep him here since his fever's severe enough, such a high fever can have dangerous effects on the body if left untreated. We also have a breathing mask on him because he's having trouble doing so himself." The doctor paused and Hiei mentally rolled his eyes, waiting for him to get to the point. Experience told Hiei that he was holding back on something.
"Pneumonia is a virus, meaning that it can't be treated with antibiotics. So time will need to be given for his body to do the job. We can only relive his symptoms; the rest is up to him. He'll probably be in the hospital for a week or so, possibly a month depending on what time it takes for his body to recover."
"Does your friend have a phobia to doctors or something?" Hiei glared. How he hated that word, friend. He still replied though, still glaring.
"Umm, yeah." The doctor only nodded, seeming not to notice the manner in which Hiei was glaring at him in.
"Well, you can go along and see him, he's in room 183. Hiei was planning not to go at all, headed in that direction despite his plans. Nothing bothered him more then that boy now. Because of him, he was no longer free to come and go as he pleased. Now he had to be that, that… thing's friend. Hiei hated using that word much less thinking it. He swore again as soon as he was free of the chains that bound him back, he'd be sure to kill Kurama.
For some reason, he found himself entering Kurama's room totally oblivious to his thoughts a few seconds ago. There was nothing to do, and at least if he spent some time with Kurama he'd be able to at least become friends faster. The sooner, the better, he decided. Then he could focus on his plans of escaping these orders after that.
Kurama was laid in a different bed that looked slightly more comfortable then the last, but his eyes were still open, so he was clearly awake. Pain killing drugs must have helped him, because he didn't look half as pained as he had looked earlier. A breathing mask covered his mouth and nose, and a pulse monitor had been pushed next to his bed, along with an IV supplying his body with liquid. Kurama jerked away when Hiei came to sit down, emerald eyes, narrowing in a fearful, distrusting way. Hiei loathed those eyes, but was still forced of wonder why Kurama was so scared. It was unlike anyone. He decided there must just be something wrong with him. Yes… He'd just leave it at that.
Hiei sat down on a chair and continued to look at Kurama. The redhead went off to staring blankly at the wall with empty emerald eyes. He seemed to have forgotten Hiei's presence, until that is, Hiei shifted in his seat ever so slightly.
He shot about a foot off the bed with a small, muffled cry, trying to move as far away from Hiei as his weakened body would allow. That wasn't very far, he gave a cry of unnecessary pain before collapsing back on to the bed, breathing hard for a minute. Hiei'd had enough.
"What the hell is your problem? You're so scared and for no reason at all, I mean there is no mad killer I see coming after you. What are you, a coward?" Kurama's green eyed softened slightly with a sort of emotion Hiei was unable to depict. Was that sadness he saw in those jade depths? Not that he cared.
"No.." he replied in a soft and fearful voice, trembling despite himself. Hiei growled and leaned over the bed pressing the thin boy's body hard to the mattress.
"Then what is it?" He yelled back as the boy's eyes widened and he trembled hard, on the verge of screaming.
"What could possibly make you such a fool? Why are you so cowardly." No answer. A small tear fell from his eye, going unnoticed by Hiei who angrily stood up and stormed out of the room.
Kurama was left in his wake, sitting up and watching as the boy stormed from the room. He wiped a few tears from his eyes without care. The boy's words hadn't hurt, but they still scared him, bringing back several memories he didn't want to remember. Why did this always have to happen to HIM? All bad things seemed to happen to him, he was all alone and no matter what he did, where he went, he couldn't escape people who wanted to hurt him. Why couldn't this just be a nightmare? Why couldn't he just wake up and discover this was all a dream? He would wake up, and his mother would come rushing in, assuring Kurama it had only been a bad dream. The very thought of his mother brought more tears and a soft sob. "Why… why?" he asked softly as he buried his face in the pillow and sobbed as softly as his tears would allow.
Hiei, meanwhile, stormed far from the hospital, furious at the fox's actions. That was it. He'd have enough. Even jail, now, seemed like a nicer place then here. He wanted nothing more then to get away from this excessively phobic boy, he no longer cared how long they wanted him to serve jail time for. "Hello!" a chirpy voice jerked him out of his thoughts. Hiei rolled his eyes as he wave.
"How are you and Kurama doing?" she asked in the still chirpy, annoying voice. Hiei growled.
"I care not how Kurama is. Take me to jail now." Botan paused at the intimidating look he was giving her. She sweat dropped. Backing up lightly at the intimidation that came with Hiei's voice. It sounded as if he was ready to kill, and Botan, not wanting to become a victim of murder, stood her ground for the time being.
"A-ano… Hiei-kun you do know you'll be serving for several centuries. Four to be exact? With that, Hiei ran.
"Damn it all" he muttered.
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Finally done. It took long enough looking at all the interruptions holding me back from writing. Curse you garage sale that I'm getting money from because I'm selling stuff I don't want anymore. Okay, so yeah. Please review. I'll appreciate it! Constructive criticism is welcomed, as long as it isn't a flame acknowledging that I have a sick mind and I need to get a grip on reality. I already know I need help, so please don't say it again you flamers, you. To the people who do like yaoi, I was wondering, I had this weird dream that gave me an idea for a story. What do you think of a Yuu Yuu Hakusho/Inuyasha crossover with a rather… odd pairing? MirokuxKurama to be exact. Yeah, I know, bizarre pairing it is. But tell me if you review what you think of it, still, it's just an idea.