/Kurama to Hiei/ /Hiei to Kurama/ "Makai-nese" "English"
He rested a clawed hand onto Blaise's forehead and started transferring youki into him, singing a soft harmony to Yukina's melody. Touya frowned a bit before joining the two, three voices rising and falling in their own times, blending together to create a beautiful song. Blaise stirred, then pushed himself up, and sitting on the ground, added his voice in. The two non singing demons stood where they were, eyes falling closed as the soothing melody calmed them down. As the tune tapered off, Blaise slowly opened his eyes, revealing, not his previous black eyes, but a pair of one silver-blue and one amber eye. His multi-colored orbs met Youko Kurama's, and with a cry, he threw himself into the youko's arms.
Kurama embraced Blaise warmly, ignoring the murderous youki emanating from Hiei, and ruffled Blaise's dark hair. "Release your youki, Liseab. It has been a long, since I've last seen your youkai form." Blaise nodded, sat back, and closed his eyes. A wave of power washed over the enclosed space, a sky blue youki surrounded him. When it dispersed, the human known as Blaise was gone, and in his place, was the youkai, Liseab. Jin peered at him from the top, while the other three looked at him inquisitively.
"Ano...What type of youkai are you? I've never seen anyone, or thing for that matter, like you before." Jin asked, curious. Blaise looked up at him, and didn't answer, merely blinking his two large eyes. Jin frowned and leaned in closer, nose nearly touching the other youkai's. "Didn't you hear me? I asked what type of youkai you were..."
Liseab whimpered and drew away, turning to hide his face in Kurama's shirt and wrapping his arms around the taller youkai. Hiei's glare became more deadly. /Why do you let him hang all over you like that? It's disgusting. / Kurama winced at the venom that laced Hiei's mental voice. He gently disengaged Liseab from him and set him down. "Liseab doesn't understand you, Jin. Speak in English." Jin's eyes widened, as Hiei's narrowed.
"How come you don't speak the most common tongue of Makai? Where did that ningen name...Blaise, I think, come from? Why do you have such a strange name anyways?" Jin asked, curious, rolling the word around in his mouth. "Liseab. It's not a youko name, yet you have the tail and ears." Jin floated in a circle around the youkai, whose tail twitched in apprehension. "Your right eye isn't the bright amber color that most youko's have, or that gold-ish one that Kurama over there has, butmore like a dark yellow-gold-ish color...and your left eye's blue is even paler than Touya's! And you didn't feel like a youkai until a few minutes ago...What's up with that? And why does it suddenly feel warmer in here?" The last question was shot at Touya.
"He is awake. We have no reason to keep the air cool. And also..." Touya cautiously shot a wary glance at Hiei, who's youki had spiked. The area around him had become rather hot and the air was feeling a bit stifled. Kurama followed his glance, and then frowned. /I'm not in a relationship of any kind with Liseab. Calm yourself. / Hiei 'hn-ed' but glared and took control of his youki, brining it down back to the level its usually kept at. Jin grinned and Touya smiled indulgently at his lover before he looked over to the smaller youkai in Kurama's lap. "Liseab, can you answer Jin's questions?"
Liseab looked up at Kurama, and when the youko nodded encouragingly, he answered softly, "I was brought up in the Ningenkai. The name 'Blaise' was the one I chose when I enrolled into Hogwarts. The meters picked up on my quiet youki and magical power. I took the letters from my name that my mother gave me, Liseab, wrote it out in the English alphabet, and rearranged the letters. Blaise." Jin nodded, understanding.
"I see...but what kinda youkai are you, anyways?"
Liseab bit his lip. "Tell them, little one." Kurama spoke encouragingly. Liseab looked down and said quietly, so quietly that only the sensitivity of youkai ears were able to pick up on the muttered words.
"I'm not a pure youkai of anything." He took a breath, than bravely met Jin's eyes, daring him to say anything. "I'm a hanyou. I'm part-youko, chimera, ice demon, human mix." Jin, Touya, and Yukina's eyes widened in amazement. Hiei's eyes shot to Kurama, who quickly sent a soothing /He's not mine/ over to the jealous demon. Liseab continued, unaware of the possible lovers' spat occurring over his head.
"My mother was the illicit child of a chimera and youko ice-master. My father was human, a wizard. I was raised here, in England,but often sang the songs of winterat home, especially when I love control, so it tends to calm me. I've never been to the Makai, so I have never had a chance to learn any dialects there. Kurama-san is my mother's brother.Father was killed before I was born, so Kurama-san often came to visit me."
Kurama cut in, "That's how I know the song, Touya...that was what you were going to ask me, is it not? She taught me the lullaby that comes instinctively to all ice users." Touya nodded and gestured for Liseab to continue.
"Before you ask, I was not conceived in the normal way. My mother had a supply of my father's seed in a ningen lab. When he was killed, she was devastated and so," Lisaeb shrugged, "she had me. Her youki was already very mixed, and so mine is even weaker. I can only soothe minor pains and cannot control or grow plants."
"Ahh...I see," Jin nodded sagely, then thought over what was said, did a double take and looked over to Kurama. "Sister? YOU had SIBLINGS?"
Kurama bit his lip and looked away. /Koi/ Hiei's mind prodded gently at him. Kurama took a breath and lookedback ateveryone. "Kuronue... was my best friend and partner when I still lived in Makai. He's Liseab's real uncle."Kurama looked back down to meet the other's eyes. "He was a pure chimera youkai and his mother had an affair with the youko ice master. She gave birth to Liseab's mother, then abandoned the two of them. Kuronue, by then, was no child. He protected and took care of her in a way that is forgein to most of the Makai. After meeting them, I adopted her as my unofficial sister. Usually, one or both of us were around to take care of her. The night he died..." Kurama broke off, lost in memories. Hiei rested a hand on his shoulder, and the warmth brought Kurama back. He continued. "I went back and told her to hide. At that time, she was old enough to take care of her if anything should happen to us. I don't really know what happened...I was devastated by Kuronue's death." Kurama shook his head lightly. "I was careless, and got myself killed. I found her again after I left Japan. She told me she was pregnant. I helped her take care of Liseab.End of story. Liseab, take off your shirt." Kurama finished the story sharply, and everyone was somewhat suprised at the last sentence.
Liseab blinked, then nodded, and stood up, back facing the group. He unbuttoned and removed his shirt, revealing a tattoo of a beautiful set of black wings that ran from his shoulder blades down to his lower back, the ends just brushing the tops of his low-slung pants, as the tops curled lightly around his shoulders. "His wings," Kurama explained. "Show them." The command rang out across the clearing. Youko Kurama had stood, and was now watching Liseab intently. "I want to see your progress."
Liseab nodded grimly, and concentrated. His youki gathered in his back, and with a sudden burst of feathers, midnight dark wings burst from his back, ends trailing the ground. A blue sheen swept across the wings, and Liseab collapsed onto his knees, gasping for breath. Kurama sighed and shook his head. "So, you still can't manage the shift well enough. You have improved, but not enough. This could cause your life or death. Now that I'm here, you're coming back into training with me." Liseab, still gasping, nodded. "In addition to that, Touya will train you to control your youki, and Hiei in your swordsmanship. Jin will be your most common sparring partner to improve your speed. Yukina will help you train your healing powers as well as help you heal any injuries you will get during training." The demons gaped at Kurama, while Yukina nodded in agreement. They had never heard of this plan before, and Kurama gave them a foxy grin. The grin promised pain and/ or death if they didn't comply, though Yukina was busy cooing over the beautiful wings spreading out from Liseab's back. Liseab grinned tiredly and ruffled his wings, settling the feathers.
A shocked gasp sounded in all the demons' ears, and they were suddenly aware that the kekkai had come down completely during the course of the conversation. Kurama's ears flicked towards the sound and realized that he recognized the breathing patterns as well as the reiki emanating from the hidden figure. He growled low in his throat, "Ronald Weasley." He turned, snapping out orders to the others in the clearing, absently noting that Hiei had already vanished. "Touya! Take Yukina and Liseab into the forest and stay with them until he's gone. Liseab, as soon as you're out of sight, revert back to human form. Jin, you're backup in case he tries anything. " The demons nodded and vanished into the underbrush.
Hiei now reappeared, holding onto a struggling Ron by the scruff of his neck by one hand, the other hand holding onto Harry's Invisibility Cloak. "Stop moving, human!" Hiei snapped, glowering down at the shaking redhead. Ron whimpered, and Hiei growled. "Don't move, don't talk, don't even breath!" Ron nodded frantically, and then paled as he realized he had violated the rules set to him. Youko Kurama sighed, then kneaded the bridge of his nose in a very un-youko-ish move. He seemed to be very out of character tonight...he must be spending too much time with ningens.
"Put him down, Hiei." Hiei raised an eyebrow in response. "Just do it," Kurama snapped. Hiei shrugged, and then released Ron, who ungracefully collapsed into a quivering heap onto the ground. Youko Kurama reached out and took the cloak, then frowned down at the sniveling heap. "This isn't yours. Didn't anyone ever tell you not to take what not yours?" Ron looked up at him, totally scared out of his wits. Kurama, bent down closer, taking a claw and slowly scraping it down Ron's cheek, leaving a line of blood as he went. He removed the bloody nail, and licked the blood off, and smirked. "Well?" Ron nodded hysterically,
"Yes, yes! I'm sorry!"
"You were also eavesdropping on us...as well as spying. I don't like spies." Kurama's lip curled, revealing sharp canines.
"I'm sorry! I'll never do it again!" Ron was crying by now.
"Hmph. Fine," Kurama allowed. "I'll be lenient. Hiei," Kurama jerked his head towards Ron. "Do me a favor." Hiei raised an eyebrow. "I need you to find out what he heard or saw, erase his memory, and leave him a nightmare of some kind regarding the forest so that he won't come here again."
Hiei grinned viciously. "Will do." He removed his ward and slowly opened the Jagan, intensifying the terror factor. He basked in the horrfied look that was sent his way from the terrified boy. Ron's eyes widened and he opened his mouth to scream, scrambling backwards.
"Ah ah ah." Kurama tsk-ed. "That won't do." In a blur of motion, Kurama appeared behind him. Ron looked back with frantic eyes, and...fell forward. Kurama had landed a sharp blow to the back of Ron's neck, knocking the boy unconscious.
Hiei calmly walked over to where the duo was, and knelt down in from of Ron. His jagan was completely open and he smirked. "Sweet dreams," He said sarcastically. The jagan glowed, and Hiei's own blood-red eyes shut. Slowly, behind them, the other three demons along with Blaise came out of the trees. Kurama motioned for them to be quiet, and they nodded, understanding. The violet youki of the Jagan slowly flowed out from around Hiei to surround the sleeping Ron as well. The soft flares of the youki suddenly stiffened, until they looked liked spikes. Hiei's mouth twisted into a pleased snarl, and the spikes started to violently stab at Ron's head and body. The tortured boy cried out softly, and tears started leaking down his cheeks.
Kurama folded his arms, closed his eyes and gently, very gently as so not to disturb Hiei, slid into the fire-demon's mind. He found an amusing image of a chibi Hiei gleefully stabbing a sword at a chibi Ron, who was crying his eyes out. Looking down, Kurama realized that he too, had gone chibi. Kurama sweat dropped...or, he would have, had he been a cartoon character.Who knew that Hiei's mental images went chibi when he was particularly gleeful /Ne, itooshi.../
Chibi Hiei looked over and grinned. /Nani? I'm having fun/ /Hai hai. Don't over-do it, ok/ Hiei suddenly 'popped' back to normal Hiei, as did Ron and Kurama. /Hn. Fine. Ruin all my fun/ He pouted, and Kurama smiled adoringly at the side that Hiei only ever showed to him. /Gomen, koi, but I don't want him to be permanently scarred for life. / Hiei heaved a sigh. /Mou...fine. I'll lighten up./ Hiei turned to the still tied up Ron and waved his hand dismissively. Ron faded away and their surroundings bled to a basic black. /Arigato, Koi. I'll see you when you're done./ Hiei leaned up and kissed him gently and quickly, and Kurama smiled.
Kurama languidly opened his eyes, and jerked back in surprise. Jin was in his face, staring at him curiously. "What?"
Jin turned upside down and just looked at him. He finally opened his mouth and asked, "What were you doing?"Kurama blinked, not comprehending what Jin meant. Jin elaborated. 'You closed your eyes, and just stood there, then you started smiling, smiled even more, before you opened your eyes again. What were you doing?"
Kurama shook his head. "Mm-mm. I was just thinking." Jin looked unsatisfied, but grudgingly accepted the explanation.
"You and Hiei both have too many secrets," he complained. Kurama just laughed softly in return, not wanting to disturb the still working Hiei.
A short while later, Hiei finally stirred. In an instant Kurama was by his side, slowly lowering him to the ground, transferring youki as he did so. Hiei sighed and growled in annoyance, "Its done. I placed a temporary block in case you wanted to remove it sometime. Don't get me killed, fox." With that, Hiei closed his eyes and fell into a revitalizing slumber. Kurama smiled softly and smoothed back some of the hair that had fallen into Hiei's face.
"He had already used much of the Jagan's power today," Kurama explained to the confused demons. They had seen Hiei use more power before and be fine. "First to shield my youki this morning, then again when we imprisoned an imp, then this afternoon when the potion was messed up- Neville had done something that caused me to revert far more back than I had calculated for. Hiei also had to knock out and erase the memory of the entire Potion's class incase anyone saw me as a youko. Now, I asked him to do another entry into someone's mind. Changing, erasing and implanting thoughts require much youki. He knew he was running low, and yet was willing to do this. I owe him his safety at the very least."
He picked up Hiei in his arms, and with a nod to the other demons, disappeared into the forest. His voice called back, "Stay in the clearing for now. Ron should stay unconscious until I return and the plants will inform you of any possible danger, as well as deal with it if they can. There will be no disturbances from the forest creatures. I'll deal with Ron later."
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