Enemies from the start, lovers until the end

Me: Hello minna-san! Shall I just get right in to the disclaimer and the thanks to the reviewers so you can get on with your reading stuff?

Disclaimer: Togashi-san's ideas are all his. They will never be mine nor will I claim them to be. However, Shin, Hikaru, and Akushitsuko are my creations. I know it's almost never a problem. But I swear, if I find even a shred of that plagiarized, I won't be happy. I worked hard on creating those three characters, so I won't tolerate stealing.

Warning: Yaoi, and pretty much outright meanness to certain characters. I know the normal Kurama lovers would be at my throat for this. Not only because of the yaoi, but also because I am really cruel to Kurama in this story. If that doesn't sound appealing to you, get your but out of here. Shouldn't you have read my warnings in earlier chapters anyways?

To the Reviewers:

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Chapter 13

A gentle wind blew across the two, and they just stared. Hikaru stared fondly, Kurama, fearfully. He was scared, that was it. Hikaru not only sensed it, but also saw the fear within he depths of Kurama's eyes. He saw fear masking sadness, sadness masking anger. Kurama was frozen to the spot, unable to move. The look on his face saddened Hikaru so. He gently walked towards him, hands outstretched in an inviting way.

He backed away at this gesture, and out of habit nowadays, Kurama raised his fists into a defensive position. Hikaru blinked softly, a sadness overcoming him. He'd lost Kurama's trust, it looked like. He gently whispered out.

"Kurama, please. I promise I won't hurt you." Kurama had fallen onto his knees when he said that, Hikaru continued to cautiously approach him at a slow pace. Kurama began to tremble, tears fell from his eyes and splashed onto the ground below.

"Listen... Kurama. I need to talk to you about something. You remember the day you thought that I had betrayed you, correct?" he asked. This only made Kurama sob harder. Kurama shrunk back even more as Hikaru tried to take another step towards him.

"Thought you betrayed me? I don't understand what you try to get across by saying that." Kurama wanted so dearly for that not to be true. But he felt that there was no other answer. Jade eyes unsuccessfully tried to blink back tears as he stared down at the ground. It hurt him so much to believe that the one person alive in this world he loved hated him in return. This may not be true, but it was what Kurama truly believed.

Sad tears flowed faster down his pale cheeks, and he shut his eyes tight, wishing his usual wish, that he could wake up and realize that it had all been a horrible nightmare.

When Hikaru reached the redhead's side, he reached down and gently put a hand on his shoulder. As usual, he flinched away naturally and whimpered softly as a wave of memories hit him with the effect of a ton of bricks. Hikaru bent down to Kurama's level and wiped some tears away.

"Please Kurama, I know you probably hate me as of right now, and I don't blame you for it. But please, just listen to what I have to say. I promise that Karasu won't come."

"Yeah, right" muttered Kurama under his breath. Hikaru looked down, hurt by the angry remark. He gently slid his hand under Kurama's chin and gently lifted his head so they could look each other in the eyes. Wet tears splashed onto Hikaru's palm as Kurama began to cry harder, shutting his eyes tightly once again.

"Please believe me Kurama, I'd never do anything to hurt you. I only want what's in your best interest, I want to see you happy again, Kurama." Said boy sniffled and glared up at Hikaru, tears still streaming from his eyes, he screamed

"Yeah! Sure I believe you!" Without thinking, he swung the rose in front of him and conjured a whip. Kurama lashed out at Hikaru again unexpectedly and cut him across the shoulder. He fell to the ground and buried his head in his arms as he sobbed, "I hate you Hikaru!"

Hikaru stood a few yards away, clutching his shoulder while trying to hold back tears that threatened to spill. He must be strong for Kurama, he mustn't cry. The words Kurama had yelled hurt him more than any weapon ever could. He collapsed onto the ground and summoned up the courage to crawl weakly over to Kurama and lay his head next to the boy's

"I'm sorry for making you so sad, Kurama. I really didn't hurt you as believe. But still, it's all my fault you were hurt that way." Kurama looked at him.

"How can you say those kind of things, Hikaru? You hurt me, and yet you say that you didn't, yet you are still responsible." Kurama turned his back on Hikaru as a fresh wave of tears hit him; it felt so painful to have to talk to him again. Hikaru gently reached out towards the fox desperately.

"Kurama... I swear I didn't do it. Karasu wanted to trick you. It wasn't me who hurt you like that." he whispered. Kurama shuddered and took a few steps away from him; this only made the boy sadder than before.

"Just go, Hikaru. I hate you, can't you see that?" He wanted so badly to just scream out 'I love you' over and over. He hated having to say those types of words towards Hikaru. He'd just have to accept the fact Hikaru didn't love him. Hikaru's eyes widened and he ran up to Kurama, grabbing him within a tight embrace, he resorted to begging to try and win over Kurama. Tears flowed unchecked from his eyes now, but he didn't care. The pain inside was too much to bear for him.

"Please, Kurama. I know that it's hard for you to believe me, but you have to! I love you so much Kurama, just please, please forgive me." Kurama broke away from the embrace, tightening his grip on his rose whip. Desperation inside of him still pleaded with his being to accept that declaration as the truth. But Kurama was scared, scared that if he ran back into Hikaru's arms that he'd be hurt again. The wounds from last time were much too painful for him to overlook this betrayal.

"Hikaru, JUST GO!" He said, lashing out with the rosewhip. Hikaru was cut across the chest, but he could care less. He stood up as soon as Kurama drew back and looked him straight in the eyes again, pleading one last time with him. Kurama's angered expression did not break at this, nor did his sad, yet determined eyes. Hikaru sighed and gave it all up.

"Fine, Kurama. I'm not going to force you to forgive me if you don't want to. I'll leave. Just know that all I want is you happiness. Just be happy and that'll be good enough for me." He then disappeared into thin air, if he hadn't been there at all in the first place. Kurama fell to his knees and sobbed into his arms. He longed to be held by Hikaru and experience the joy he had when he was around him forever, but his instincts told him otherwise. It hurt so much when these two feelings clashed, Kurama felt unable to bear it.

Hiei watched Kurama from up in a tree, an odd sort of expression on his face. So, that was the person Kurama had spoken of. He didn't seem like a traitor. Was it possible that he really hadn't wronged Kurama, as he had spoken of? Certainly, Kurama couldn't allow himself to believe that. He watched with almost sympathetic expression as he watched the boy cry. Slowly, he approached the depressed fox, extending a hand to his shoulder to make his presence known.

Kurama didn't care that Hiei had touched him; he didn't really care about anything at the time. He greeted in a weak voice "Hey Hiei, what are you doing here?" Hiei let his hand linger on his shoulder while he answered.

"I'm here because I was looking for you, idiot. I see you managed to summon the rose whip." Kurama didn't stir on the ground as he spoke, but replied back

"You knew that I could summon plant weapons? Why didn't you tell me before? As I believe you told me, you were training me with a sword until you knew my true abilities."

"Yeah, I knew, but I wanted you to figure it out for yourself. It doesn't help if I just tell you. It seems that you have quite a fighting instinct when provoked, am I right?" Kurama didn't take the liberty of answering this question. He moved a little ways away from Hiei so that the contact from hand to shoulder was broken and laid down to stare at the sky. He chose to ask another question.

"Why do people have to be so cruel Hiei?" he questioned, tears streaming onto his already dampened cheeks. He stared up into the endless black night sky tainted with stars. Hiei lay next to him and stared up as well, as if trying to figure out what was there. He then answered, choosing his words carefully as it spoke.

"Kurama, I don't know. Perhaps, it's in our nature, human and demon to be cruel." Kurama nodded and made a soft sort of noise in his throat signaling that he had understood what Hiei had said. Hiei heard a loud sob and the sound of large, wet tears falling to the grounds.

"What's bothering you fox?" He asked, sitting up and surveying the distraught boy. He really didn't expect an answer from Kurama; it was rare to get such things as answers from Kurama without having to make a promise to him or threaten him. Hiei wasn't in the mood to do either tonight.

"Why, Hiei? Isn't it supposed to be true that there's at least one thing in your life that makes you happy? Something that helps you keep going when things get hard? Why is it that whenever I find something I care about, or someone I love, it gets taken away?" Tears flowed freely down his cheeks as he spoke, and it left Hiei to wonder why he was telling him this kind of stuff. Maybe Kurama didn't have anyone else to talk to about this. But seriously, Kurama didn't trust him. He wasn't supposed to trust him. Hiei tried to move closer to Kurama and gently wipe away the tears, but it only seemed to succeed in bringing more.

He shut his eyes again and sobbed softly. Hiei only blinked.

"I love Hikaru so much. I want it to be true that he really loves me. But how can I except that when he used my love for him against me last time?"

He threw himself at Hiei and clung tightly to his shirt before he continued on.

"I don't know what to do Hiei. I feel so out of place, so scared, so angry. It's my entire fault, isn't it? There must've been something I did that earned me this. I want so badly for this to just go away, Hiei. I don't care about living anymore; and I could care less if the next time I fall asleep I find myself to have died. I feel so useless, and what's even worse is what you tell me is entirely true. I am stupid and pathetic, I don't even deserve to live."

Hiei wasn't used to going comfort in that sort of way. It made him happy to know the fox was coming to him with all his problems. Did he really deserve to die though? Sure, Hiei often times called him stupid, pathetic and sometimes even worthless, but did that really mean he shouldn't live?

What Kurama wasn't seeing were the good things about him. He had such a gentle kindness towards people who he had decided weren't a threat, and he didn't doubt that he'd gladly give his own life for one of a companion. He remembered how Kurama would always make tea of food for him when he could. Kurama was really pretty as well. Also, he HAD offered Hiei a place to live and blankets at night that He knew Kurama had taken off of his own bed.

Yeah, Kurama did have blankets at night, but the ones he used were so thin compared to the ones he had given up. Every so often when he watched over Kurama while he was sleeping he say the boy shiver. It made him feel guilty in a way. Kurama had such a great and kind personality underneath all this fear; it really made Hiei reconsider the fact of him actually being Youko's reincarnation.

He was so much unlike Youko in many ways. It wasn't only physically, the thin, pale; redhead could be called practically sickly. Hiei was sure Kurama barely ate enough to sustain himself. Youko had been a lot healthier looking. His skin, although pale as it was could be considered healthy enough. Those amber eyes had always seemed more alive than Kurama's seemingly dead green orbs.

Yes, Kurama was sure much more different than Youko. It seemed the only thing they shared in were the fact that their names were practically identical and they shared the same spirit. Hiei almost regretted the day Kurama gained back his memories. Not only would he lose the innocence and kindness the human form offered, but they would also be enemies again. He felt a pang at the thought as he gazed down at the boy who still clung to his shirt. He felt the odd urge to hug him. He desperately desired to chase away Kurama's insecurities with a friendly motion.

Kurama was just keeling there clinging to Hiei's shirt. He didn't realize half of what he was doing or where he was, he just felt so lost, like he needed someone to count upon. Seeing as Hiei was the only one here now, he really had nowhere else to turn, even if most of his instincts urged otherwise. Softly, he leaned against his chest and leaned his head against it, trying to calm himself. A hand went around his shoulders and pulled him a little closer so Kurama would have more support. The fox glanced up at him with teary eyes and managed a little fake smile.

For now, Hiei would be a friend towards Kurama. What did it hurt until Kurama regained his memories? He gently gave Kurama a friendly hug and was surprised when Kurama returned the embrace hesitantly after trembling a little and thinking about it. He then stood and smiled sadly at Hiei.

"I'm sorry I'm so much trouble Hiei. I really must be a nuisance. I'll try and become stronger for you so you don't have to protect me." He looked down at the ground, clutching the rose that had long since transformed back from the whip back to a harmless flower. He surveyed it with the utmost attentiveness, as if to try and figure out a mystery about it. Maybe he could become stronger with this. He truly wanted to prove to Hiei that he wasn't useless.

He then turned and began to walk away, as if to accent the point that he was truly sorry. But a rough hand stopped him before he could do so. He turned his gaze back to the demon who was lightly touching his shoulder.

"Kurama, you aren't too much trouble. Let's just go, okay?" he said in a tired voice. Kurama hesitated and then nodded. Hiei joined him at his side and they walked back in silence. The fox didn't know what to say. As he looked over the boy walking next to him, he pondered upon the odd feeling of safety and security he felt when he was around here.

Really, he couldn't help it that he felt safe around him. Hiei had saved him more than once, and he dared to believe that Hiei wouldn't harm him. This odd sense of security clashed painfully with the feelings of tonight and his instincts. He'd learned not to trust people over the years. Even if Hiei had saved him many times, he still couldn't bring himself to fully trust and believe him. The scars from Hikaru were still too painful to have healed. A harsh voice interrupted his thoughts.

"What do you think you're looking at?" Hiei asked as he realized that Kurama had been staring at him for quite some time now.

"Nothing." The redhead replied quickly as he averted his gaze back down to the ground and wandering back to his thoughts.

He felt so odd around Hiei. Not only was there the security around him and the insecurity as well, but also it felt to Kurama that there had been some sort of connection to Hiei. It was almost as if he had known Hiei well years before he had made his appearance. It had almost been three months since they had first come face to face that rainy night. It just goes to show you how much time really does fly by. He could remember that night as if it were yesterday.

He had simply been taking a walk. The rain was bone chilling and you could see your breath in front of your face if you exhaled. It wasn't that Kurama was immune to the cold, but he liked taking walks outside, and if he didn't want to meet people out here at this time, the smart thing to do was take a late night walk. He was abruptly jerked to reality when his body collided with Hiei's and thanks to his 'wonderful' sense of balance; he was knocked into a deep puddle.

The figure glared down at him as an odd jolt ran through his body. Who was this man? Hiei's glare seemed to darken as Kurama looked up at him quietly; he shrunk back out of habit.

"Watch were you're going, baka!" The dark figure growled ominously. The glare he was receiving from him made him want to run. He was vaguely aware of the words coming out of his mouth.

"Gomen Nasai" he repeated again and again. He turned without giving hint of a farewell and walked off. Kurama was left to shiver in the puddle he had fallen into.

Yes, that meeting had been so out of the blue. Who would've expected the two boys would be spending practically every moment awake with each other after all of this?

Hiei quietly observed the fox while he was deep in thought. Every gentle curve clashed with the outline of his bones that you could see because of him being so thin. His garments hung loosely off his body; it didn't help improve the fox's wan sort of look. His skin was extremely pale from the lack of sunlight, and it only contributed to his image.

Apart from that, Kurama looked really pretty. His crimson red hair was long enough to go past his shoulders, a graceful and beautiful attribute. His eyes were a striking feature, and Hiei guessed that if there were any sort of life in them, they would've caught his attention even more than they did now.

Kurama looked back at Hiei for a little bit and their eyes met again. They lost their thoughts for a single as they stared, not knowing what to think or say. The gaze was broken when Kurama quickly averted his eyes, shaking his head at some unknown question. They began to walk again and kept their eyes off each other. Hiei gazed up at the stars, forcing away the alien feeling that had come to play in his chest again.

"Do you want to take a walk around here before we go back inside. I understand that you'd enjoy it, seeing a you're at more at ease in the outdoors." He asked. Kurama looked down before he answered the question.

"Yeah, I guess so." He said, staring down at the ground. Hiei turned to look at him. His voice had lacked no emotion, even less than usual. It had sounded so flat and empty.

"Fine, I'll race you. Where shall we race? Maybe that huge Sakura that's back there?" Hiei really wasn't interested in races but it sometimes cheered humans up. It was some sort of game, maybe?

"No thank you, I'd prefer to walk." He replied. His gaze hadn't been raised from the place it had been a few minutes ago and his voice was still pretty much devoid of any emotion.

"C'mon Kurama. Stop acting stupid and just race. It might cheer you up." Kurama sighed and nodded.

"To the Sakura tree then?" he asked as Hiei positioned himself to start running.

"Yeah. Ready now?" he asked as Kurama got in his position to start running. He saw a distinct flicker of determination in the emerald orbs.

With an unspoken one-word phrase, they burst off at the same time. Kurama was putting all his will into it, not to mention he was running faster than he ever had before. He smiled a little into the wind blowing at his face. It felt really good to be able to run freely like this for leisure.

Hiei took his time; he was sure that if he used all of his power he'd surpass the fox quickly. He didn't want to have to explain where he got his near impossible speed. For now, he'd keep his pace near par to Kurama's. Kurama suddenly sped up. Leaving Hiei in the dust. Maybe he wasn't going to run as fast as he could, but he sure as hell wasn't going to let him win this.

Still, somehow Kurama managed to beat Hiei by a few seconds. The fire demon smirked at the panting fox. He probably shouldn't have underestimated Kurama's abilities. Well, he knew where Kurama got that speed from now. Kurama took a step forward and tripped over his own two feet, just his luck, right?" Hiei moved forward and caught him quickly.

Kurama gazed up to Hiei gratefully, his eyes sparkling like they had back before he had any knowledge of demons. He felt so happy. That race had certainly done well to cheer him up, and for now, he had forgotten about Hikaru and everything else.

"You didn't really try to go as fast as you could have, did you?" asked the fox. Hiei and Kurama's eyes met as they stared into the other's depths. Again, they were lost from what was going on currently.

Hiei wasn't able to comprehend the feeling of staring into those emerald depths that were happy for once. He'd never seen Kurama this happy before. I was true about what he had guessed. The happy sparkle within those emerald orbs made him look all the cuter, an angelic little smile on his face to complement it. He gently pulled Kurama onto his feet and hugged him without knowing what exactly he was doing as of now. The redhead didn't react to this. He didn't tremble, nor did he lean into it.

"Oh, how cute Foxy and Forbidden in love. And after all these years we all thought you were mortal enemies." That cruel voice interrupted the two and pulled them from their reverie. Akushitsuko and Shin leapt down from the tree. Hiei snarled and released Kurama from the embrace.

"We aren't in love, he just tripped." He informed the two. Kurama stood without words, the sparkle in his eyes had disappeared and he now stared blankly at the two. He didn't understand the words that had just been spoken. Why had the referred to Hiei as 'Forbidden' and what it was supposed to mean 'And after all these years, we thought you were mortal enemies'

"Why do you insist upon killing Kurama?" he asked tensely. From this, he earned a chuckle.

"Well, there are many reasons. For one, Kurama was always a huge burden he isn't able to take care of himself. Even now, there is still a large bounty on him. Our choices are to kill him, or just to find someone who's willing to pay a larger price for him. Many demons would love to own him, seeing as he's got a beautiful young human body. Now that I think about it, that might be the better thing to do." Hiei snarled and clenched his fists. How could they talk about Kurama like he was some sort of object just to gain money off of?

They smirked at the look on his face with amusement.

"But then again, the bounty may be higher on him if he was dead. You see we want Kurama dead for two main reasons. First off, we will gain quite more of a reputation in the demon world for it. Secondly, he's impure, a demon-human mix. When his spirit merged with the human's body, he was tainted for the rest of eternity. He is irreversibly a hanyou now, and nothing that anybody tries to do in any of the three worlds will change it. He may posses the long life of a demon, nor will he age. Plus, once he finds his strength, it will be stronger than a regular human's. But he will always be weighted down by human emotions, and he will be significantly weaker than he had been in his Youko form ever. He'll also be very susceptible to illnesses, human and demon. We're just taking the option that pays off most. Let me tell you, forbidden one, he is better off dead. There is no life for him to live in this world because he'll outlive anyone he finds. There is no life for him to live in the demon world either, for demons hate such tainted creatures. He won't find a mate, nor will he ever truly find happiness. If we don't do this, it's likely he'll commit suicide anyways."

He chuckled again and added onto it. "You've realized how sickly Kurama looks, ne? Not only is it because he doesn't eat or go outside enough, but he is actually more susceptible than even a human at catching a disease. It happens when a demon sprit is merged with a human body. The immune systems don't seem to mix well, so he's able to catch diseases a lot easier. Not only that, but he can catch both human and demon diseases, whereas regular humans usually can't catch demon illnesses at all.

Shin rushed forward and grabbed Kurama, before Hiei could do anything about it. Kurama screamed and tried to struggle out of the iron grip. Hiei ran over towards them and was sent flying back by a strong barrier that Shin had placed. Kurama's eyes widened as Hiei struggled again and again to break the barrier. Sometimes he would throw himself at it, and others he would try and break through with his sword. All these attempts were fruitless and it only provided as entertainment. Kurama panicked and struggled harder, clutching the rose he had previously turned into a rose whip.

He escaped the grip miraculously and managed to conjure the rose whip again with intense focus. He swung it at the distracted Akushitsuko. He smirked and grabbed the whip and tearing it out of Kurama's grip. With that, he tore it in half and stomped it into it into the ground. Kurama's eyes widened as he was tugged closer to Akushitsuko's now cruel eyes.

"My, my. Seems as if I've underestimated the hanyou." He said, patting the cheek playfully. But I have a deal to make with you" he said while smirking. He applied a hand to his wound and let blood run onto his hand. He even went as far as deepening the cut with his claws. He then threw the blood at Kurama's face. Kurama found himself paralyzed to the spot. He tried again desperately to move, but found himself unable to.

"You see. I have odd abilities when it comes to fighting. I can shape shift, and I can cause a various amount of side effects with various mixture of my blood. It's quite useful actually. My blood mixed with an opponent's will cause an unbearable amount of pain. You have experienced that before. My blood alone will paralyze, as I see you have already realized. And my blood mixed with the blood of the person closest to my opponent will kill on contact." He smirked and cut across Kurama's cheek, cupping his hand to catch the blood that fell.

"I can kill him, Kurama. If I were to take my barrier down right now and throw the mixture of blood in my hand, Hiei would drop dead and it would be all your fault."

Kurama's eyes widened and he gasped. How could he ever do that to Hiei? He'd never wish such a bad thing upon him.

"We can make a agreement, Kurama, if you come with me willingly and follow my orders I'll spare Hiei's life. But if you choose not to comply, I'll have to take you by force and kill Hiei in the process. Now I'm going to release you from the paralyzing spell, and I want you to tell me if you're going to cooperate."

With a wave of his hands, Kurama was freed. He looked close to tears.

"I promise you I'll do anything you tell me to, please, just don't hurt Hiei. The demon smirked widely.

"Good choice. You're coming with me. You're going to walk as well. I don't Shin's in the mood to carry you all the way there." He grabbed his wrist roughly and let his barrier fell. Kurama winced slightly and took another look at Hiei.

Hiei had collapsed in his attempt to make it past the barrier. But he immediately leapt up and ran towards Kurama. A dagger at Kurama's throat stopped him. The redhead felt himself almost choke at the pressure on the knife on his throat. This was enough to make Hiei retreat a little.

"If you take another step towards him, I'll slit his throat right here. Besides, Kurama hates you and doesn't want your help, right Kurama?" Kurama's eyes widened. How could he possibly say those words to him? He was reminded Hiei would be killed if he didn't comply.

He heard a telepathic voice in his head "If you do not say yes Kurama. I could always just kill him now. I think it would be quite entertaining to watch him die, don't you think?

"Hai" he said, keeping his gaze aimed down at the ground.

"You heard it, now leave before we decide to kill you as well." Hiei stared unbelievingly at Kurama. This wasn't Kurama; he'd never say something like that, never. Even the fact that Kurama was frightened of him kept the facts unbelievable.

"Kurama, you idiotic fox. That's supposed something Youko would say. I supposed I was wrong in assuming you two were different." And with that, he disappeared. Kurama thought he saw a tear well up in his eye, but it may have been a trick of the moonlight.

Akushitsuko smirked and gave Kurama's arm a rough tug. "Shall we go then?" he commanded, rather then asked. His crimson tresses were picked up by the forlorn wind as Kurama felt the urge to cry again. How could he have been so happy not even ten minutes ago, and now feel so angry and sad. Kurama nodded dejectedly, only one thought going through his head.

Hiei…… I'm sorry…

Me: Well, I'm not very nice, am I. Overall, though; I want to know what you think of it. I did try and work really hard on this one, and it is certainly a little longer than the last. What do you think of Akushitsuko's powers? I've been thinking about them forever, and I'm really happy with what I came up with. No, they aren't like Gama's. The blood itself if what causes the reactions to it in opponents, Gama's was a receptor for curses. It's also given different results when you mix it with the blood of various people. I think it's a really cool power! So, please, whether you like it or not I want to know. Suggestions are greatly accepted and I'd love it if I got some pointers