Enemies from the start, lovers until the end
Well, hello everyone. I hope everyone is doing fine, no let me get on with the disclaimer. Hiei? Would you do the honors this time?
Hiei: The idiot teen owns nothing. Let us hope it remains this way, for I do not wish for her to own anything.
Me: This work is for entertainment purposes only, and will not be reproduced, used for public use and/ or used to make money in any way.
Now, let's see…. Warnings now. This story contains yaoi, angst, and mean ness to Kurama. Can you survive, or will you be… the weakest link?
Oh yeah, I don't own the weakest link either. Waves back lawyers No need, no need.
To you reviewer people whom I appreciate so much:
Lol
Well, I'm glad I updated when I did since you were waiting all day. Your reviews are so kind; I don't know what to say. I just didn't think people would like it so much. But still, I have to thank you for your consistent, supportive reviews. As for that fanfic you mentioned, it sounds like a very intriguing, yet nonetheless wonderful fanfiction. I think that crossover yaoi pairings sound great, because you'll never know what'll happen. I personally, have seen to many crossover fics with Kurama and Kagome together. KuramaxInuyasha though… sounds very interesting. I love bizarre stuff. Inuyasha and Kagome make a stinky enough couple as it is, but that's entirely opinion.
Evene
Yes. It is a big word indeed. Credit goes to my friend who taught me that specific phobia and is also able to say it as well. Given the circumstances, I'm glad you think Kurama is pretty much in character, as well as Hiei. I never really thought I was good at keeping people in character. Tries to think of what the real Hiei would do in alternate universe Hiei's place I wonder…. Yes, four centuries worth of jail time isn't the happiest sentence in the world. I wonder what Hiei did to deserve that? Well, thank you so much for you nice, not to mention, consistent reviews.
Kuranga 108
Yay! Yet another consistent, kind reviewer, I thank you so much! Hmm, Hiei's pretty stubborn and not very smart when it comes to patience and getting people to trust you. I'm not calling him stupid, just… closed minded. Thanks again for the review, and I hope you are having a nice day/night/whatever.
Kikira-san
I'm glad you liked the line. It was just something I came up off of the top of my brain-dead head. Yeah, poor Kurama-sama. I'm so mean to him. Is it really kind of angsty? Never have I really written a story with true angst in it. Although, I am a nerd when it comes to reading the stuff. Thank you for the review!
Psycho BakuRyou
Well, you are mistaken on this part. I see you weren't sure about it, but the idea was not for this story. Merely, it's another one I haven't planned out yet. I have this story pretty much planned out up until the end. I leave my endings open ended until I know exactly how my story goes down on paper. But no, there aren't any contents of Inuyasha planned in the future of this fic, so not to worry. I may write one in the future after I'm done with my next planned fic. I'm glad you like it so far, and thank you for your opinion.
Remy De Master Tief
Glad you liked it, and thank you for the review. I hope you like my future chapter as well.
Black Rose Vixen05
Hmm, drama. I never meant to put that in there. I think it's better when I'm not thinking about the genre I'm writing in. But glad you liked it. Yay for you because you're one of my four most consistent reviewers. Thank you!
Kb
I'm glad you like my story, and I promise you, that unless for strictly personal reasons that go beyond my control, I will continue this fic. I already know I have enough reviewers who care for me to continue, so I won't be stopped so easily. Thank you for your review, and I hope you like my future updates.
GoldenKitsuneHime13
Yeah, I am so mean to poor Kura-sama. I'm evil. No, I wouldn't expect Hiei to want to be in jail for so long. I know I wouldn't. Yeah, I know MirokuxKurama sounds odd, but yeah, I think it's interesting as well. Hmm, I'll think about Hiei and Kagome too, I usually am not one to focus on two pairings in one story, but who knows? I haven't even started planning it yet. No need to be sorry for your spelling, I'm not one to talk since I'm not good at spelling either. I must thank the nice spell checker on this computer though. Thanks for the review and I'm glad you liked it.
LALA
Lol, I didn't know that so many people would find the idea of a MirokuxKurama so attractive. It is indeed interesting. I do like to see a lot of Kurama pairings. As many say, he is a very pairable person. Some would call him a man whore for it, but I just say he looks cut in relationships with a lot of people. Hmm, probably has something to do with his pretty face and his pretty boy attitude. Alongside with his youko personality and the fact that he'd a fox makes him just about the most compatible guy I've ever seen. I never really said that Hiei was tall, though, did I? Maybe I did, but ah well. I do like the idea with tall Hiei, since I go for the idea of Hiei being the dominant one. I know that's a heavy debate, some prefer KuamaxHiei and some prefer HieixKurama. But I'm getting off subject on that. I'm glad you liked it, and thanks for reviewing.
Kaya
Aww, I'm sorry I left you. But as I hate it, the real world beckons me to come away from my own little world. I know, I wasn't feeling well today, so I slept A LOT, and over the weekend I had not only church, but also a 4H fair to attend to, which kept me busy until four o'clock. Hmm, life is not fair, for whenever I want to write, things are so loud around my house I can barely concentrate. Maybe Kurama can relate to you? Sure sounds like what you're saying pertains a lot to Kurama's situation. How bout you talk to him about it when I'm not here.
Wow. SO many nice reviews! I love you all so!
Chapter 6: Anger
Hiei walked along the path to the hospital, glaring at the ground. The great Hiei Jaganshi, taking orders from a giddy ferry girl and an annoying toddler. Even more so, he had to be friends with this Kurama boy. How had this come to be? So, he had killed a few important Rekai and stolen a few artifacts, weren't intelligent demons supposed to get away with that? Not get caught in the first place? For the past few days he'd been visiting Kurama in the hospital, there wasn't really a point, since Kurama almost never said anything. It only made Hiei all the more frustrated, and often left him to wonder why nobody ever hearing him yelling. Kurama was hopeless in Hiei's eyes.
He reached the hospital and walked inside the cool building. It was a nice break from the heat, but the scent of antiseptic made him want to hurl. The nurse greeted him cheerfully when he walked towards Kurama's room. "Hello Hiei-kun!" Hiei snarled, what an annoying person Sakura was, her cheerfulness was infuriating.
"Yaa, Sakura-chan" he muttered before stalking off towards Kurama's room. Technically, he didn't want to be here, but Botan said that since he had decided to take being friends with Kurama over jail, he'd have to maintain a 'friendly figure' at least. Stupid, annoying onna. He took his designated seat next to Kurama's bedside and looked at the redhead, not bothering to say anything. He thought of Kurama's condition. He saw Kurama recover rapidly over the past week, and even though he didn't need a breathing mask any more, it still seemed he was too sick to leave just yet. It almost seemed as if as time wore on, his sickness vanished weakness was replace. Kurama, himself couldn't deny he was weakening by the day.
This time, Kurama was staring at a tray of food that had been left for him, no seeming to want much to eat. Hiei had learned a long time ago Kurama barely ate anything, often times, he didn't eat at all. It was no wonder Kurama was so thin, yet another stupid attribute on his growing list of 'Things I hate About Kurama' When Kurama noticed Hiei, he only scooted farther away, looking down at his plate in an attempt to hide that familiar flash of fear that went through his eyes whenever Hiei was around. "You aren't eating." Hiei said, speaking the obvious Kurama sighed and pushed his plate off to the side. Hiei didn't really care about this. Maybe if the fox starved to death Hiei would be rid of all the annoyances. The only reason he had chosen not to go to jail was because there was the possible risk of being tuck with an idiotic demon for four hundred years. At least Kurama didn't talk, Hiei just had to ignore him whenever he visited. Not that it really worked, though. There was just something about him that annoyed the heck out of Hiei. Hiei asked the question, he always asked, trying to keep his voice at its calm, distant level. It was getting sickening, but Hiei knew Botan would never let him get away with it if he didn't.
"Why are you always so scared?" No answer, the redhead didn't seem to hear him, he only stared blankly down at the plate. Kurama swore internally that he wouldn't allow himself to answer the question. He knew it, Hiei was a servant of Karasu. He believed that Kurama would fall for the same trick as he had for Hikaru. He swore, that would never, ever happen. Hiei's anger was at a breaking point. It was nowadays tried easily by the redhead's actions.
"Damn it! What the hell is your problem?" Hiei burst out, grabbing Kurama roughly by the shoulders and shaking him fiercely. Why the hell did it have to be like this? Kurama was so…. so… uncooperative. Hn, and he was supposed to be the stubborn one. Why the heck did this have to be? Fear crossed Kurama's eyes again and he trembled violently, arousing a few hoarse coughs, which left him gasping for his already shortened breath. Kurama was too sick to be stressed like this, Hiei knew that. But for the millionth time, HE DID NOT CARE! He growled angrily glaring straight into Kurama's eyes before storming out of the room.
Kurama sat in his bed staring down at his plate after Hiei left. His trembles and coughs failed to cease, but he seemed to care less. His crimson locks did have a slight droop to them, and he looked more disheartened then he had in ages. Why did he always have to be so fearful? It wasn't like the people he looked at around him were all traitors. Merely, it was a stupid, stupid fear. At the same time, though, he couldn't help it. He always had to be the unfortunate one, didn't he? He bit his lip and stared down at his hands, clenching the sheets tightly below as he tried will away his trembles.
Hiei, as he was storming angrily, was stopped by the doctor, Takanaka-san. Hiei glared, but the doctor obviously wanted to talk, opening his mouth to give Hiei information.
"Your friend is recovering, I see you notice but there are still important manners we must discuss in correlation to his health. I don't know why, but he'd been weakened to a great point over this illness. What makes it so strange is that this sort of weakness usually doesn't appear in young people, just in older folks and young infants. I must say, although he'll be well enough to leave the hospital near the end of the week; his immune system will take longer to recover from this, and for the time being, he will be highly susceptible to other illnesses. I advise when he does go home though, you make sure he gets better quick, isolation from other people, and some bed rest will help mostly." The doctor paused for a minute, and Hiei was ready to head off. But as it seemed, the doctor still needed to finish.
"I also recommend your friend go see a psychiatrist. He seems to be extremely phobic, and I believe seeing one would help with it. Well, best of luck, Hiei." With that, he handed a piece of paper and bid him farewell. Hiei stared at the names of the dumb psychiatrists. As soon as he was far enough away for the hospital, he cast it away as well. What an idiotic doctor… He sat on a tree branch twenty feet up from the ground, glaring angrily at the sky. It seemed as if he wanted it to cower in that intimidating look of utter loathing and fury. Hiei growled and swore to himself. What the hell was he to do about this.
Back in Spirit World, Koenma and Botan sat and watched Hiei's ongoing fury towards Kurama. The ferry girl looked horror struck, while the toddler, who had seen this many times in the past few days just sat back it the chair with a mixed expression of frustration, disbelief and laziness. He sighed deeply. "Koenma-sama?" Asked the blue haired ferry girl.
"Are you sure that they can ever get past this? Look at the; they really don't get along now, do they?" The prince sighed and bowed his head for a minute to think.
"I do believe Hiei is the only one who is able to break through to Kurama. He'll learn in time how, but I still believe he is the only one. Otherwise, I wouldn't have chosen him. Kurama wouldn't be able to deal with another person if they were kind like Hikaru. Let's just be faithful for the time being. This village will not be able to be saved unless Kurama comes around and can become friends, or at least partners with Hiei." The little boy's voice betrayed him, for if you listened to the tone of voice, you could tell he was just as unfaithful as Botan was.
"But Koenma-sama, he won't trust anyone, will he? He certainly hasn't trusted in after Hikaru. I mean, you haven't even told him the truth about Hikaru yet."
"Yet another thing we need to be patient with. I'd like to say if we told him Kurama would be able to protect this village right now, but it is simply too much. We do not know how Kurama will react to that piece of news, so we need to wait until we see he can be trusted again. For now, Kurama's presence in the village, knowing his reputation is enough to keep demons away, but they get braver as time passes, as all demons do, I just hope before the demons decide to attack again, Hiei will break through to Kurama." Botan sighed and continued to look up at the TV screen.
A rain began to fall, a few drops hit Hiei's face and he growled up at the sky, wishing it for to stop. Rather than taking his silent orders, the sky seemed as if it was in a mood to make the fire demon angrier still. A lightening bolt streaked through the sky and it began pouring harder, begging to soak through his cloak immediately. He growled and ran towards the hospital again for his regular second visit of the day. He hoped to god that Kurama was asleep so that Hiei could just sit by his bedside without being angered. It was still early, and he saw Kurama didn't fall asleep early, seeing as all the times he visited Kurama was awake, no matter how late. Well, it would be a good excuse to get out of this damn rain at least.
To his luck, when he reached the hospital, Kurama was asleep, so he sat down and looked at the silent fox. He was still dripping wet, and it wasn't something he appreciated, he wondered if he should just allow himself to dry off. Being a fire demon, he could easily tell how far his body temperature went, and could use that power to dry his clothes. He wondered if he should do it, if the doctors saw him, they would surely ask questions. Yet another thing he hated, when people asked questions. Ah, screw it, with a quick flare of his ki, his clothes dried, leaving him dry and in a considerably happier mood. He went to watching Kurama sleep. He surprisingly, looked more peaceful when he was asleep. He wasn't all tense from fear and Hiei could almost describe the state as beautifully, practically angelic. Keyword: ALMOST. It didn't seem to last long, though, the fox was suddenly tossing about crying different things softly, in a terror filled voice of hopelessness. "Hikaru…" he whispered weakly. Something wet was running down Kurama's cheeks, and it took a minute for it to register with Hiei that they were tears. How pathetic. He was crying. Hiei sighed watching the thin boy tossing and turning in his sleep as he thought about the annoying situations at hand.
After a few minutes, though the fox screamed silently, tears streamed harder down his cheeks, as he tossed towards Hiei's direction, Hiei could tell, that even if Kurama's eyes were closed he was scared. Damn fox couldn't shut up. He put a strong hand on his shoulder, intending to shake him roughly in hopes of waking the boy up. Kurama, though, relaxed slightly under Hiei's hand. Hiei only looked confused, left to ponder on his actions.
Well, there we go. Yet another chapter finished that I hope you liked. I do have one thing to say, on the thirty-first, I will be away at Camp Kema for a while, and will not be able to update. Although I will be gone for only a week, I don't think I will update until the weekend AFTER I get back. I promise you though; I will try my best to get in two more updates after this one. I wanted you guys to know as soon as possible since I will be in the middle of nowhere and as such, will be unable to access the internet. Keep reviewing guys! I love them, you know.