Chapter 6

Using his right hand, he pulled Hiei's face close to his and said, "I want
you to be my mate Hiei."

The silence was deafening. Kurama was nervous. If Hiei said no then they
couldn't be together anymore. If he said yes, it would be the happiest time
of his life and probably Hiei's too. His green eyes staring intently into
red orbs, searching for any sign of acceptance or rejection.

'Inari, Hiei. Please answer, I think I'll have a heart attack if you don't.'
thought Kurama. As if reading his mind, he answered.

"Kurama, I don't think you know what you're getting into." The koorime said
softly, averting his gaze from the kitsune. It felt as if his heart ripped
in two.

Kurama wouldn't take that for an answer. He wouldn't allow it. He was Youko
Kurama, the Youko Kurama. Demons would pay a fortune just to sleep with him.
You could just imagine what they would do to be his mate.

A determined look took over the redhead's face, he grabbed Hiei's face.

"Look at me Hiei." Kurama ordered.

"Look at me." He said more forcefully, he obliged reluctantly.

"Why?" His hands were shaking, his grip tightened.

"Kurama, you know that if we become mates you would tire of me." His ruby
eyes began to water. It hurt him so much to say this.

"No Hiei, I wouldn't. I would never." His throat became dry, he was becoming
desperate. "You should know this by now…" He trailed off, searching for any
clue that he wasn't just talking to a wall.

Hiei stared up at him, he didn't know if he could believe him. He trusted
him with his life, but with his heart, he was… just so unsure. But for some
strange reason Kurama did indeed seem to care for him.

Kurama began to tear up, before he could even let out a single sob Hiei gave
him a chaste kiss on his quivering lips before whispering,

"I'll tell you my answer at midnight tonight." And with that he left through
the window in a blur, leaving a terrified spirit fox alone in his deafening
room.

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"You look so dorky in those clothes!" Shizuru howled with laughter. It was a
rare sight to see her lose her cool demeanor, and even when it was only with
her brother it was still rare.

Kuwabara was currently wearing his new wizard clothes trying his best to get
a feel for them. He looked very odd wearing robes, he's quite tall and a bit
on the bulky side. He was checking himself out in the mirror and that was
when his sister barged in and caught him. She immediately went into a fit of
laughter.

"Shut up!" He yelled, trying to take the embarrassing clothes off, but only
managed to get himself tangled and toppled over which sent Shizuru into
another fit of laughter.

He managed to get himself back into a standing position before all his
dignity could be lost. He glared at his older sister who was bent over from
laughing so much.

"It's not like I have a choice or anything, and I'm not the only one wearing
this, Urameshi's got to too." He said matter of factly, as he safely removed
his robe and tie.

"You mean that little punks gonna wear that too?" She asked taking in deep
breaths to calm herself, though she still had a large grin on her face. He
nodded.

"I so need the camera!" She complained as she left the room.

Confused at this he poked his head through his bedroom door and shouted,
"Why!"

She shouted back, "I want a picture of you two in those stupid clothes!"

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"Kaasan! Wake up I need to tell you something!" Yusuke yelled. The teen had
forgotten to tell his mother that he would be gone for a year.

"Just five more minu..." His mother murmured into the pillow. Yusuke didn't
have time for this, he still had to pack, he had to meet the rest of the
team at Genkia's tomorrow, he had to go to the Spirit World after that
andthentake a portal to London, then go on a train for... for who knows how
long! Ugh! The whole thing was a mess! But right now he had tell his mother.

He went into the kitchen, found a pot and filled it with cold water, well as
cold as tap water goes. He crept up to his sleeping mother and dumped the
enire pot on to her head. Atsuko, the name of his mother, woke up with a
start, wondering what the hell just happened.

"Yusuke..." she said, looking up at her son, she was sill sort of asleep.
Then she spotted the pot that was in her son's hand. She slowly returned her
gaze to her son, Yusuke returned that gaze. It was tense.

"Why did you pour water on me?"

"Cuz you wouldn't wake up." he replied with equal intensity. They stared at
eachother, their eyes locked.The moment was disturbed by a knock at the
door.

Atsuko let out a long yawn, "Go get that, will ya Yusuke." She turned her
attention to the tv. Yusuke just sighed. His mother could be so wierd
sometimes.

At the door Kuwabara and Shizuru were there. Behind the older girl's back
she had a camera, ready to take any picture that may be embarrassing.

"Are ya gonna invite us in or are we just gonna stand here?" Shuzuru asked
dryly, walking in anways.

"Hey Urameshi." Greeted Kuwabara.

"Hey."

They went into the living room to join Shizuru and Atsuko.

"Did you tell her that you were leaving yet?" Kuwabara asked. Yusuke shook
his head, moaning about how unfair his life was.

"Your leaving, Yusuke Urameshi!" Shouted an angry Atsuko from the living
room.

"What're you talking about?" He said, not quite ready to explain.

"Shizuru just told me you were leaving! And for a year! How can you not tell
your own mother about this! And what about school! It's not free you know!
And where are you going for a YEAR! My God Yusuke! Think before you..." And
on and on she yelled at the poor boy, but the poor boy was also yelling back
aswell.

Shizuru and Kuwabara stood at the side watching the scene with amusment.

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The clock striked 11:30. Kurama had stayed in his room for the better part
of the day packing his and Hiei's clothes. The day had past insanely slow.
His mother had been worried about him but she couldn't do anything. The only
person, demon really, that could lift Kurama out of this rut was Hiei.

He prayed for hours that Hiei would accept him, be his mate for the rest of
their lives. Kurama had cried many tears but stopped a while back. He had
his heart set on the fact that Hiei may become his. That would be so
wonderful. He was snapped out of his thought by a knock at his window.

"Hiei..."