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I know that it has been forever since I have updated but I have about run out of ideas for this story. Ifanybody is intrested I could really use a beta reader. My e-mail adress is If you are fimilar with Graviation also that would be great. Thanks, snowball3.
Kurama had decided to bed down in an old, unfinished house. He usually went there when he needed to get away from everything that was going on in his life. The reason that the house was only partially finished was because when the original owners had been building it they had decided that the location was not what they wanted at all, so they sold the property to some old rich guy with too much money to burn and not enough family to benefit from it, and had moved farther out, toward the sea. Kurama had started asking around about the place when he saw that it was never going to be finished. When he found out about the elderly man he decided that the place would be perfect for a private place to train. Although the property was in the middle of the city, the house itself was sitting about a mile or two back from the main road. The property itself was heavily wooded and almost nobody came to take care of the land. The house itself was falling down in many places, but there was one room that had been completely finished, before the original owners had left. When Kurama saw this, he figured that they had done it this way so that they could move in and work on the house without having to drive all the way there every day. But Kurama was thankful that they had at least finished that much of the house, because it gave him adequate protection from the elements when he needed it.
About seven hours later Kurama was awaken by something passing through his wards. He stood up quickly and pulled his rose from his hair just in case he was about to be attacked. When he felt the familiar flicker of Hiei's demon energy he lowered his hand and sat back down to wait for Hiei to make his appearance.
"What are you doing here Hiei?" Kurama asked as he stretched to get the kinks out of his back from sleeping on the floor.
Hiei said nothing at first, but after awhile of just looking at Kurama he said, "I have been thinking about some things."
Kurama gave him a curious look, "What things have you been thinking about?" he asked looking at Hiei curiously.
Hiei heaved a sigh and looked up at the ceiling, looking like he was trying to gather his thoughts before answering Kurama's question. Finally he looked back at Kurama, "I have given some thought about telling my sister who I am," and in a quieter voice, "and what having I have been feeling about you." As Hiei said the last part, he ducked his head and looked down at his hand where he was plucking at his cloak.
Kurama frowned at the way Hiei was acting. When Hiei did not look back up at him, Kurama got up from the floor and walked over to where Hiei was sitting. He sat with his legs crossed in front of Hiei, then he reached out and forced Hiei to look at him. "What's going on with you, Hiei? In all the years that I have known you, you have never acted like this."
"I don't know, but what I do know is that I have never felt like this in all my years of being alive. I want my sister to know who I am, but on the other hand I am happy with the way our relationship is."
"Well, why don't you tell her and give her the choice of deciding if you are deserving enough for her love. She has been looking for you for many years, and she too grew up in the demon world, so for all you know your history would not disturb her one bit."
"I guess you're right, but I will have to wait until we get Kuwabara back to even broach the subject with her."
"You're right, but what was the other thing that you were talking about?"
Hiei gave him a cautious look, "What are you yakking about?" he snapped as he edged away from Kurama, forcing him to drop his hand which had been preventing Hiei from dropping his head.
"You know what I'm talking about. You mentioned something about trying to figure out what you're feeling for me," Kurama said as he edged closer to Hiei unfolding his legs so that he was knelling in front of Hiei giving himself more room to move.
"I'm sure you are mistaken. Now would you move back before I knock you back," Hiei snapped as he made a move to get up, but before he could complete the move Kurama had put his hands on Hiei's shoulders preventing him from moving. "What the hell are you doing?"
Kurama gave him a slightly unsettling smile before he leaned close enough to Hiei that he could feel every breath Kurama let out. "I'm going to see exactly how you feel about me."
"And how pray tell will you be able to do that?" Hiei inquired in a haughty voice.
"Did you forget, I'm kitsune I have an excellent sense of smell," Kurama replied as he slowly pushed Hiei back so the he was reclining with his back pressed against the wall and Kurama looming over him.
"No, I did not forget that you are a kitsune, but how in the world will that tell you anything?"
"Because I can smell arousal and other bodily fluids that you might make."
Hiei made a face of disgust, while trying to keep his nerves from getting the best of him. Normally if he was in a situation that made him uncomfortable then he would just pull out his sword and chop the aggressor to pieces, but because Kurama was his team mate that would not be advisable. Of course Hiei completely ignored the fact that he was starting to see Kurama in a new light.
"So, you are telling me that if I respond to anything you are going to do to me it will tell you if I have feelings for you?" Hiei asked as he raised his eyebrows in disbelieve.
Kurama gave a slow nod, "Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying."
"Kurama, don't be stupid just because I become aroused does not mean it has anything to do with you kissing me. I hate to tell you this, but my cock is not to particular about who it rises for."
Kurama gave Hiei a smile that clearly said, I know something you don't know, but this time he did not say anything just continued to look at Hiei.
Hiei grew even more uneasy when he saw this smile. He knew that Kurama was up to something, but for the life of him he could not get through Kurama's defenses enough to find out what he was up to. Before Hiei could put anymore thought into what Kurama's intentions were, Kurama closed the remaining distance between their lips. Hiei gave an embarrassing squeak at the unexpected action before he unconsciously relaxed into the kiss. In all his years of experience he had very rarely been kissed. In his experience a kiss meant that your partner was someone that you trusted and cared about. Usually if he needed any kind of physical release, he either took care of himself or he paid someone to let him screw them. He never stayed in one place for to long, so he had learned that it was easier to keep others at a distance. When he was forced to stay in one city by Koenma it was the first time that he stayed for any length of time in one place. Not counting the time when he had to recover from the jagan implantation or when he was living with the group of bandits. He came back to himself when he felt Kurama's tongue pressing for deeper access to his mouth. He almost snapped his teeth closed on Kurama when he decided to let him in, just to see what it would be like to kiss someone that knew what they were doing.
Kurama had at first just lightly rubbed his lips against Hiei's, giving both of them time to get used to the feel of the other's lips on them, before he pressed a little harder against Hiei. At first Kurama kept the kiss chaste before he slowly run his tongue along Hiei's bottom lip. When Hiei parted his own lips, Kurama pressed forward taking the kiss deeper than anything he had experienced in seventeen years of living as a human. At fist it was slightly awkward, because Kurama was out of practice and Hiei did not have that much experience with kissing. All in all it was not that great of an experience for either one of them, but they both knew that when they got used to kissing one another, and they were more comfortable with the new turn that their relationship had taken, then maybe it would be something to brag about.
They pulled back, both breathing harder than usual and both with an obvious reaction to what they had been doing.
Kurama looked at Hiei with a smug look on his face as he sat back and tried to get his body under control. "I think I proved right there that you at least find me remotely attractive, and have some kind of liking for me."
"No, I think it just proves that I'm young and in good working order," Hiei growled as he stood and stomped to the other side of the room keeping his back to Kurama.
"Deny it all you want, Hiei, but you will admit to me that you at least like me well enough to consider me as your lover," Kurama said as he walked over to were he had laid his jacket the night before.
After Kurama put his jacket and shoes back on he turned to look at Hiei's back. Deciding to change the subject he asked, "Have you had any luck finding Kuwabara?"
"Yes, but the problem is, is that he is no longer in the human world," Hiei replied turning around to face Kurama internally grateful that Kurama had changed the subject.
"Do you know where they have taken him then?"
"No, but I do have my spies looking for him, and before you ask I tried to communicate with him using my jagan, but they have either warded him against using telepathy or he is drugged."
Kurama looked surprised that Hiei had thought about Kuwabara's ability to use his mind to communicate, but looking at Hiei's face he thought it best not to ask how Hiei knew that Kuwabara was telepathic.
"Good, hopefully they will find something before it is too late for Kuwabara. Meanwhile I need to go home and get some fresh clothes and clean up a bit."
"Won't your human mother be home, after all I figure since you are in such a dirty place that you did not want to talk to her."
"Since today is Saturday, she and my stepfather will be out buying groceries and other things that we might need," Kurama replied as he walked toward the door. When they got outside they noticed to something did not feel right. They looked around and at first they could see nothing wrong, but as Kurama was smelling the air he noticed an all to familiar smell. As he looked across the gravel drive way he saw that there were more birds that there normally where, and they seemed to gathered all in one spot. Kurama frowned as he looked to where the birds' presence was heavier, and as he looked closer ha saw what looked to be a body lying on the ground. He looked at Hiei and nodded toward the body. Hiei to had noticed the body about the same time that Kurama did, so he already had his sword pulled out. They dropped into a defensive stance and looked around for the possible culprit of dropping a body off. When they saw nothing but trees and birds they dropped their stance and walked over to the body being sure to keep an eye out just in case they were walking into a trap. As they got closer it became very apparent that the body had long since died. There was a foul odor in the air indicating that the body had already started its decomposition. They both cover their noses with their arms as they bent down to see if they could identify it. From what they could see it was a young woman about fifteen to sixteen years of age, and she had clearly been homeless by the shape her clothes were in.
Kurama looked at Hiei, "Does anything look out of place to you?"
Hiei again examined the body before shaking his head," No, it looks like a normal dead body to me."
"What I mean is it seems that she was dumped here."
Hiei looked at him in surprise, "Why do you say that?"
"Because there is blood or fluid around the body for one thing, and if you knew a lot about this city you would know that a person like this would not be this near to the upper class people."
"But why would some one dump a body here and you not realize when you came here?" Hiei asked.
Kurama looked thoughtful for a moment before his face gained a look of utter shock, and he snapped his head toward Hiei. "Tell me Hiei did you notice this body here before you woke me up?"
"Of course not I would have told you if I had seen anything." As Hiei was saying this he started coming to the same conclusion that Kurama had. Then his face too gained a look of shock.
"Exactly," Kurama said when he saw that Hiei had reached the same conclusion that he had. "It seems that the demon we have been sent to catch has found a way to monitor our every movement. I think that this body was dumped here while we were distracted."
Hiei's face gained a slight red color before he looked away from Kurama and back at the body, as he did he noticed a piece of paper sticking out of the woman's pocket. He reached over to grab it but when he did a bird landed on his hand and started pecking at him. Hiei yelped and tried to shake the bird off but it was stubborn and kept flapping around pecking him on every surface it could reach. Kurama almost passed out from lack of air as he tried to keep from laughing at Hiei's expense despite the gravity of their situation. He did though use the bird's distraction to get the piece of paper that Hiei had spotted, and as he read over it Kurama could feel the blood leave his face. Hiei finally got the bird to leave him alone by knocking it upside the head with his closed fist, and rendering it unconscious. When he looked back toward the body he saw that the paper was gone, so he looked toward Kurama. Only to see him swaying where he knelt.
"Kurama, are you all right?" Hiei asked as he leaned closer to look at Kurama's face.
Kurama shook himself out of his shock to look at Hiei, "I am fine, but I need to get home right away," he said as he thrust the letter into Hiei's hands before he took off toward his home. Hiei watched him leave with a bemused expression on his face, then he looked down to read the letter to see what had spooked Kurama. When he read the letter his eyes grew to twice their normal size, before he stuffed it into his cloak and took off after Kurama. It seemed that not only was the demon able to track them and keep them from noticing, it seemed that the demon also had confidential knowledge of their personal lives.