Enemies from the Start, Lovers Until the End

Me: -Yawns- Late... Almost midnight... must finish fic...

Disclaimer goes as follows. Yoshihiro Togashi owns everthing pertaining to Yuu Yuu Hakusho. I won't deny it, so don't you go denying that I disclaimed this chapter.

Warning: Y-A-O-I If you don't know what the word is, take it up with me. But if you're an anti-yaoi person, this fic is not for you. So please, don't waste your time, just leave.

Kurama and Hiei sat in the silence of each other's company. Kurama sat with one eyebrow raised while he waited for Hiei to speak. It still seemed like Hiei was contemplating on whether or no tell him.

Finally, he spoke up as Kurama began to believe he wasn't going to be told anything, despite the situation and the promise. "Well, I guess you could say it all started when I was born. All the events led me up to where I am today." Said Hiei in a semi-annoyed voice. Overall, it seemed as if he was quite touchy on the subject. Not in the emotional way, but in way like he hated to talk about it.

To the faithful reviewers who inspire me and make this fic possible:

Evene

Well, I'm really happy that you reviewed again. I'm really happy that you always review each chapter I put up. Your reviews that contain both criticism and complements really help me improve. See? Solid brick wall of text pretty much gone. It's all thanks to you, ans I really love ya for that! Hiei's being OOC, well, I guess I expected to see that. He's kinda hard to keep in character in a romance fic for me. Thanks for reviewing.

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Yup, he's a sweet snow addict. Hey, I think the ideas a cool one. Sweet snow rules, but it's rare that I get to have it, so I like to write about Hiei being a sweet snow addict. Ice Cream rules, I'm sure many will agree upon that. Thanks for reviewing!

Shiorisfoxiesmom

I'm glad that you liked it. It is good that Kurama has someone to poke their nose into his bussiness. I live upon the theory that it's unhealthy(as mentioned in previous chapters) to not talk about things. What's bad is I'm bad at doing so, I don't like talking to people about the stuff. Thank you so much for reviewing! I hope that you like this chapter.

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Lol, that is extremely poetic, but it's very nice poetic. I'm a sucker for that kind of romance angst stuff, but I think that I suck at writing such romance. Kurama has it all kept locked inside far to long, so I too think that it was a good thing that Hiei stepped in and listened to what Kurama said, even if his advise towards him wasn't as helpful as it could be. Suicide isn't a pretty way to see someone die, is it? I bet Hiei probably would go balistic. Yeah, he would go to prison if Kurama died, so that's another minus. You weren't rambling, hearing what you had to say was very interesting and enjoyable. I ramble, people get bored. Thank you so much for the well thought out review, I really loved to read it and get some feedback on what you thought.

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Chapter Twelve: Hiei's Mysterious Past Revealed

"I was born of an ice maiden and a fire demon, a generally forbidden relationship. In koorime society, it's a sin to have children like that, and automatically, my mother was banished from the land of glaciers, along with my twin sister, Yukina and I. Our father came along with us, and as I have been told, we traveled around the demon world and were almost a completely normal family. Except for one thing, that idiot father of mine had to go and kill himself. There was no reason at all behind his suicide. He was perfectly happy, but when he killed himself, the bastard broke my mother's heart. Yet still, she continued to try to raise us as best as she could. We eventually joined up in a band of traveling demons. Not criminals, yet still, banished from their home land without anywhere else to go." Hiei paused in his recollection, causing the redhead to blink curiously.

He desperately tried to find something to say as Hiei gazed at him expectantly, as if waiting to hear something "A-ano… How about I make some tea for us while you continue, Hiei-san?"

He stuttered. He shut his eyes tight, somehow worried about Hiei's reaction to those few words. It took him a few minutes to register the words he heard soon after. "Whatever" Kurama blinked and let out a relieved sigh. He stood quickly and without saying a word, walked over to the other side of the kitchen to heat some water for the tea. He listened intently to the words as Hiei continued.

"As I was saying, my mother and I traveled with this band of wanderers, and once again it seemed like life was good again. Hard, either way, but nevertheless, good" He paused again, and met with emerald orbs questioning him. Wordlessly, Kurama set their two cups of tea down on the table and took a sip. Still, the silence remained between them, and Hiei just continued it by taking a small sip of the hot tea offered and then staring at the fox.

"It was, at least― until that idiot bastard came along. He barged right into their lives and killed them for his own amusement. My mother and I escaped with Yukina, but both of them were wounded, and since I was a mere child, I had no experience in caring for wounds. Nevertheless, I did what I could with aid from Yukina, who managed to help heal my mother, despite the fact she was injured as well. Yukina had always been a good healer."

Kurama listened while Hiei talked, his cup sat forgotten on the table as he listened. Had Hiei lost his whole family? It surprised him. Maybe he and Hiei were alike in more ways then he thought. The idea brought and odd warm feeling to his chest. He felt a blush come across his face, and he automatically hid it. Why was he feeling so strange? Luckily, Hiei didn't seem to notice this. He just continues what he was saying.

"They… died. And there was noting I could do. I had to watch them die of those wounds while I tried my best to help them. Yukina died first, she was so weak from trying to help my mother as much as she could. With the loss of blood combined with energy loss, she caught a deadly disease of the demon realm. My mother went soon after, I tried my best to help her, but it simply wasn't enough."

Hiei felt anger like none other travel through his system. A hiss escaped his lips as he clenched his fists tightly. Light trickles of blood ran from cuts from his sharp nails. He didn't seem to care.

"Damn bastard, I swear, if I ever meet that guy again, I swear…" He narrowed his eyes and glared at Kurama. A soft voice brought the angered demon back to earth.

"Hiei? Who?" Kurama asked quietly, with a simple desire to understand. This question made Hiei unexpectedly lash out. He leapt out of his seat and growled out loud, causing Kurama to shrink back slightly.

"The name is not YOUR concern," he snarled.

"UNDERSTOOD?" he yelled heatedly. Kurama nodded very fast and eyed Hiei carefully, masking his fear as Hiei glared.

This seemed to calm him a little at least, so he sat down and took a quick sip of tea, breathing rather unevenly. It wasn't he cared if he knew a mere name, but it was the fact that he didn't want to tell Kurama. He always had his own reasons. Kurama waited quietly for what Hiei would say next.

"Shortly after their deaths, I was brought to the human world and abandoned by a band of demons who were taking care of me at the time. They simply didn't want me there, so they left me in the streets of a called Kobe. There, I was picked up by a human couple that wasn't able to have a child of their on. They said I was a gift from all the gods above, and I was more special to them then anything in the world. I didn't really care, my aim was to grow stronger there and then break free of the chains that bound me here, but before returning to the demon world, I wanted to become stronger."

He paused again. He remembered the day those demons had left him. The bastards. It had been in the middle of the night, and not only that, it was cold and rainy.

A little Hiei stood at the feet of some large and rather threatening looking demons. It was an odd sight; he looked so innocent next to them. Small, childlike figures and large innocent eyes that still held a child's view of the world. He gazed back at them with the innocent crimson orbs and blinked quietly.

"What are we doing here, Yomi-san" he asked. The tall, blind demon stood towering above him. He had taken in Hiei a months weeks ago, but found Hiei to be too much of a burden. It wasn't like Hiei was a high-maintenance type of kid. He could go on a meal a day if they were short on food, he didn't cry over stupid things, and he didn't get in the way. Even so, Yomi found he didn't want to keep him until he was older.

Eventually, Hiei would want to fight and learn things that usually the father taught. Then he'd go out and get himself a mate, and if there wasn't anything Yomi hated more then teaching kids to fight, it was two young demon mates. He'd be better off here, where someone better than a thief could raise him. Besides, Hiei would only encounter trouble living the lifestyle like they did.

"We're going to leave you here, Hiei." said Yomi, smiling a little.

"The humans would love to have a little squirt like you." added Kuronue, a bat demon standing at the demon's side. Hiei looked determined, he ran up to Yomi's leg and dug his sharp little claws into the pant leg, careful to avoid catching the skin. He clung tight and pleaded in a soft voice. "Please, Yomi-sama! I don't want to live with the ningens. I want to stay with you and Kuro-sama. I promise, I'll do anything."

Yomi stoically bent down and plucked the little fire youkai off his pant leg and brought his face down to his view. The bandit replied to this in an oddly kind voice. Perhaps, he thought, he had grown soft for this little child. "Then do this for me, Hiei. Stay here. We don't want you anymore, so don't follow." Hiei looked sorrowful while little tears welled up in his eyes. Yomi had been the closest thing to family for the past few months. He was a caretaker, a friend. He nodded sadly and walked off without saying anything.

"Did we really do the right thing, Yomi?" asked Kuronue as they watched Hiei run off. The bandit looked back at his partner.

"We have. Hiei mustn't be involved in our life. He must decide for himself what life he wants to live without our influence. I wouldn't care if he became a thief in the demon world when he's older, but he must make that decision himself when the time comes. If he lives with us, we're deciding his fate for him." Kuronue nodded.

"I hope he'll be alright," he said hopefully. This made Yomi chuckle.

"You shouldn't worry. Hiei's a feisty kid, he'll be alright."

"I hope you're right."

Hiei walked down an alleyway, lost and lonely. the little child couldn't understand why he wouldn't be able to stay with his caretakers any longer, he had always been extremely careful not to anger them. He longed so much that he could prove himself and show them he was worth something. He sat lay down on top of a dumpster and slept, dreaming of a day he could make himself stronger.

The sleep seemed to last forever. The reassuring dreams that were brought with it comforted the small demon to a calm point. At the time, he felt free of all the burdens felt. There was a thought that lingered withing the back of his mind that made him restless, though.

He remembered his mother, and what had happened when she died. The little boy had lain himself across her chest, pleading with her to awaken. A naieve child, he had been. Pathetic, dependent, idiodic. Hiei had shed tears over this, and lay by his mother's side motionlessly until Yomi and Kuronue found him.

They'd taken a pity to him since nobody was around to take care of him, and his family was obviously dead. So, it ended up that they carried little Hiei back to thir hideout and cared for him.

...Yomi and Kuronue were gone...

The thought was enough to stir him from his sleep. His crimson eyes flicked open and he was faced with a young cople, looking over curiosly at him. They seemed to find their voices as they opened their mouths. A second later, both man and women closed their mouthes and just quietly looked at the boy. The brown-haired women eventually spoke up.

"What's your name, little boy? Don't you have any parents?" she had asked. The voice was so kind, he felt the urge to answer it. So he did.

"Hiei. My parents are gone..." he said. The woman looked shocked.

"Then you haven't anywhere to go? No home? Not even an orphanage?" she excalimed. Hiei shook his head as if it wasn't a big deal at all. He was immidiately grabbed up in a set of arms. The woman had obviously taken much pity to him.

"Haru! Please, can we take him home with us? You and I always wanted to have a child and seeing as we aren't able to, we could keep him as a son insted!" The man looked quite taken aback. Obviously, the word 'son' didn't seem to appeal to him. The boy was scrawny, thin, and dressed in a little black cloak. The red eyes he say looking back at him, they seemed unnatrual. This kid strangely reminded him of a vision of a cruel monster.

"Misa-chan, I know you really want a child, but would he be better off with us? Besides, who on earth has red eyes. People may get suspicious... We could juist take him to an orphanage." he replied.

"Haru-kun!" she retorted back sharply.

"You aren't supposed to judge little children simply by their eye color, are you? Besides, I've heard those orphanages are dreadful places where wonderful children rot away for the rest of their childhood. Pleasssse can we just take him home?" she said giving him one of those puppy dog looks that are irresistible. His face ligtened and fell a little.

"Misa chan..." he gave her one last look, before giving up comepletely. "Oh, all right" Misako gave a cry of glee and flung one arm around her husband, holding Hiei in the other.

"Oh, Haru, I know he'll be a wonderful son! Thank you, thank you so much!" He said, hugging him tightly. Haru turned slightly blue from Misako's stranggling embrace.

"Y-yes, a wonderful son indeed. Now, Misako, can you pease let go?... I.. cann't breate" Misako let go and skippend out of the alleyway, singing a joyful tune.

"Come on Haru! Let's show Hiei his new home!" Haru took a few relieved breaths and followed his wife. She could be way to enthusiastic or melodramatic sometimes. He smiled, and that's why he loved her. In truth, he was excited as well to think they'd be able to raise a son. They'd recently found out that Misako was unable to bear children. The both of them had wanted a child so badly. He caught up with Misako and gave her and gavee her a quick kiss on the lips before ruffling curious little Hiei's hair.

Hiei had never been to a city in te human world before. His eyes scaned across everything and anything. There were some giddy girls dressed in blue sailor shirts and blue pleated skirts walking enthusiastically, in heated debate about what boy at their school was cuter. They passed a sushi bar with all the cooks in the front, choping fish, seaweed and other seafood. Hiei's eyes caught another sight. There were more school kids sitting in an alleyway in another heated debate. Hiei wasn't able to follow.

"I'm telling you, I'm the bigger fan!" protested a boy dressed in an odd pink uniform. He held up his backpack that had hundreds of keychains on it.

"No! I am. I've learned how to suucessfully use their powers!" She clapped her hands, nothing happened. The boy burst out into hysterical laugter, rolling on the ground from it.

"Haha Amaya. Fear the power of nothing! What a stupid comeback." The girl sweatdropped, he face beginning to redden. A bird flew by and pooed on his head, followed by another bird. It was Amaya's turn to laugh as the boy furiously tried to get the mess out of his hair. He growled and lept forward, tackling her. A cloug of dust arouse and they weren't visible. Three others, a two boys and a gril watched with amused looks.

The girl seemed to win this battle. The boy lay on the ground, comepletely defeated. "Yay! I have vanquished the enemy Nanashi! I am superior!" She said, punching her fists in the air." The boy on the ground chuckled and said,

"Heh, very finny Amaya." He outstreched his foot and she tripped, falling to the ground. One of their school friends commented something about how they took the whole definition of 'young love' to a whole new level and that they were as mature as two five year olds. Both of them protested at the same time.

"We aren't in love!" The three others laughed while Amaya and Nanashi glared angrily

As they got farther away, Hiei could no longer see the two bickering teens. They came upon an apartment complex and entered, Misako smiling and hugging Hiei a little. They entered their apartment and sat down on the couch. Haru went to go get some food while Misako cooed at the little child, doting on him as if he were her own child. Hiei only blinked, unaccustomed to a human mother's affections.

Haru came back with a bowl of rice and offered some to Hiei. To their surprise, he took the bowl and began eating himself, using the chopsticks as skillfully as an adult would. He blinked up questioningly at the couple as he slowly ate, earning loving gazes back from them.

"He's such a beautiful little boy..." she said softly, stroking Hiei's hair.

"I wonder where he came from." she added. If only she knew.

Hiei snapped out of his little flashback. There you are fox. That wasn't a big deal. Kuramam nodded, wanting to speak what was in his mind.

"Hiei-san, you lost your whole family like me" he said, pleading with his tone for a yes. He wanted someone he could surely relate to. However, this reassruing answer didn't come.

"Hell no. Simply beacuse my past may resemble yours in a few ways, there is no way that we are alike." Kurama's face sunk and he looked down at the ground. Without waringing, he stood and walked off.

"And where are you growing?" asked the cold voice that made Kurama tremble in fear. He uttered a simple reply before rushing off so Hiei wouldn't notice his fear.

"Bed." Kurama headed off towards his rool and plopped down on the bed when he reached it. He felt so exhausted now. Apart from being tired, he felt an odd new wave off fear and sadness towards Hiei well up from inside. He felt so scared of Hiei, he was so strong and could possibly have his own ffate resting within the palm of his hand the next minute.

It wasn't just Hiei bothering Kurama lately. It was everything. He felt so lost and scared, not to mention broken and sad. He'd truely never been too happy ever since he'd escaped from Karasu's grasp. He worried about the day Karasu would come back if he ever did. He worried about everything and anything. Hiei becoming close to him and betraying him as had Hikaru. He cursed himself for being such a weak being without strength. He was no more than a reincarnation of a famous theif in the demon world.

Hiei sat on the couch ponering upon his memoriess and Kurama. Why did Kurama always act so scared and sad when he was out of danger. Surely, the fox knew that as long as Hiei breathed he'd kill any demons that tried to come near. Knowing that Koenma in Spirit World, he'd get in trouble if he didn't. It confused him, though, how a simple smile on Kurama's part could lift his mood. He seemed to want to see more of those cheerful smiles rather than the depressed looking frowns. Certainly, Kurama was really quite pretty, he had to admit that. But why did he attrat his attention so much? After all, he was only a stupid, cowardly fox.

Hiei went back to remicising the past. He remembered after the family had taken him in.

As Hiei grew, he went to school and acted his point as a normal Human boy. He did school work, recieved exceptional grades, and was the fastest guy in Gym. However, Hiei had a horrible temper and was so outwardly cold towards anybody except his parents.

Even if the teachers usually kept away from him, he often lashed out him, earning him a good number of detentions along with the ones he got for starting fights withother kids, often innocent ones who happened to get on his bad side. His mother was still happy around him, and although she said she wished he'd behave more, she loved him more or less.

Hiei couldn't help it, the agressive nature was a simple quality of the personality. Fire demons had complex personalities. They were very cold and angry, they often started fights with other demons. In Hiei's case, with the humans he hated so much. Still, they did have upsides towards this nature, they were extremly protective of family(more males than females)they were loyal companions when they found a friend they believed to be worthy of their time, and they were quite amourous towards lovers.

Hiei'd never had a girlfriend. Not once. The basic thing was that all the girls hated him, they thought of him as a creep. It was really that simple. He was very protective of his adoptive family nonetheless.He took karate four times a week at a karate dojo, where his true demon strength showed through. He was quick to gain level in that class with the help

Cruel things happened past that time. Haru, the stern but caring adoptive father passed away. He was involved in a horrible accident on the way home from work. Misako was devastated. Hiei found it angering to find yet another gaurdian of his gone. His father, his sister, his mother, now his father. What else?He probably shouldn't have asked.

His mother fell ill no more than two years later. Her disease was serious, and they said that it was probably uncureable. The treatments offered were quite expensive, and Hiei began to work longer and harder so he'd be able to pay the medical ills for her treatments. It made him more irritable. Kids at school constantly asked him why he looked so tired, and why he never ate lunch anymore. He remembered that stupid question.

"Are you anorexic or somethin?" had asked one boy Hiei enjoyed calling 'baka maniac' He tried not to eat when he could avoisd it, all the money saved from the food he didn't buy could be put towards his mother's medical bill. Hiei felt constantly angry. Why did he feel that he had to help this stupid ningen woman. Maybe it was simply because she had put up with his bad attitude and been there for him.

Hiei had walked into the hospitl one day, to find hismother in a horrible stated. He ran over to his mother's bed and stared down emotionlessly at her body. Several IVs were stuck in her arm and a breathing mask placed over her mut. She was extremly pale. As he looked down at his mother, he felt anger towards her. She weighted him down in this world. He could just go to the demon world, but because of her, he had to stay here. He sat at her bedside, glaring at her until she died.

After her death, Hiei found no use in remaining in the human realm. They placed him in an orphanage because he had no living relatives. That didn't last long. He took every ct of what he was planning to save up for his ningen realm car and his mother's treatment and ran to the demon realm, stopping every so often along the way to get food and what not.

After he reached the demon realm, he theived randomly and slowly improved in stature, seeking power, strength and speed as his three main wepons in fighting. He had a very nice sword he trained and became skilled with in a few months. Still, he wanted to become stronger. He heard somewhere about a Jagan implant, and tracked down the guy, blackmailing him into getting an implant.

From there on out, his strength nearly tripled from what it had been. He trained hard and long to master use of the Jagan, and got training in a techinique for fire demons, revolving around calling flames from the demon realm and using them as weapons. His preferred wepon was still the sword, but he became very skilled in the use of his technique.

As he became stronger, he strengthened the ways he theived, and although he wasn't a theif on the most wanted list yet, he became well-known. They called him 'Forbidden Child' because of his extremely clod nature, even colder than that of a usual fire demon. They all knew how dangerous he was, cold, not hesitant to kill someone who got in his way. He'd never had a lover, and he wasn't interested in one. He was so cold, the biggest theif after Youko Kurama, who was still alive at the time.

Hiei hated Youko Kurama, they'd met before, and it hadn't been pretty. The lone theif couldn't help but be annoyed by this fox. He hated him, and they constantly got into fights. The rivalry between them was legend. Eventually, Youko had died, and surprisingly, it hadn't been Hiei who killed him, as predicted by numerous people in the demon world.

Eventually, Hiei got sick of theiving in the demon realm, and theiving itself. He went back to the human world and became no more than an aimless, cold wanderer.

Yeah, and that was what had led him up to here. Those years had seemed so long and drawn out. It had to have been twenty years ago. Demons didn't age like humans. It made Hiei wonder what demons were supposed to all their lives. Eventually, every demon dies, but the general lifespan is over one hundered times longer than the oldest living human. Were all demons supposed to find lovers just to occupy that time. Youko Kurama had told him that.

He snickerd. That bastard could never be correct in saying that. Hiei was perfectly fine without a love.

Kurama sat in his bedroom, looking out the window. It had become late, and he felt more awake than ever. Darkness had fallen, and Kurama felt the bitter cold mountian draft come in as he opened his window. He greeted the breeze hapily. Living this close to the mountians, you often get used to such cold conditions. He climbed quickly out of the windowand shut it behind him, careful to leave it unlocked for when he returned. He wanted to be able to go out without Hiei noticing. He wanted to clear his head more or less.

He headed towards the dark woods and entered quickly, scanning for any sign of life before he entered. He felt tense tonight, and if someone was out here, the was no way he could stay around without freaking him out.

The forest clearing was well known to him. He often enjoyed to come here and simply relax, it made him feel oddly safe, and this was something he rarely felt. He crept into the clearing and quickly sat down in the grss as soon as he was sure that nobody was there. He looked around, it was truely a beautiful place. Weeping willows, oaks, and other forest trees stood like guards around this clearing, and next to Kurama lay a patch of red roses.

He took one and focused on it getnly. It held so much relevence to him, yet, he had no idea why. He scrutinized the details of it as he held it, ignoring the thorns pricking him as he held it. A shoft whisper of the wind made him turn his gaze up. Emerald orbs immidiately widened in fear, shock, and surprise.

"...Hikaru?"

MUHAHAHAHAHAHA! CLIFFIEEE

Me: Yay! It's don! And I had no deaded writer's block this time. I had a lot of fun on this chapter, and as you can tell, I have really altered Hiei's past from what it truely is. What I'm also happy about it that this chapter is longer than my last! Now you know how he's a high school dropout. I really do hope that you liked it, for this is why I write this. Please, any opinions, including criticism, are welcomed. I won't mind unless the review is a downright flame, either because someone's mad at the yaoi, or mad about how Kurama's being treated. Please review.