Disclaimer- I do not own any Yu Yu Hakusho characters used in this fic. Any other characters you can blame on me for creating...

A/N: By the way I am extremely bad at writing these ficcies, because I usually cause some major OOCness...But anyway I hope you all enjoy the ficcy so yeah please R&R.

Chapter Three: Discord

"Yusuke! Kuwabara!" Koenma's voice rang out angrily before the boys even entered fully. Both of them winced. "Get in here!"

"Yeah, yeah, keep your diapers on!" scowled Yusuke, hands in his pockets as he slouched slightly.

A vein twitched in Koenma's forehead. "It appears you did not get to the boy in time."

"Yeah, well, somehow Hiei already found out about it," the spirit detective muttered offhandedly.

"Go straight to Kurama's house immediately!" shrieked the toddler. "And don't mess it up this time!"

Kurama smiled turning to the small fire demon behind him, "Hiei?" He said questioningly, watching as he glanced towards him, Crimson orbs meeting emerald green eyes.

"What!" He asked, the smile on the kitsune's face calming him slightly. It had been a good three hours since Hiei had stepped into the room housing Zeichi and he was still acting rather grouchy.

"Can you bring this Into Zeichi?" Kurama questioned holding out the small plate of food towards him, Hiei grunted in reply taking the plate from Kurama and heading towards the kitsune's bedroom.

Opening the door he silently stepped inside, swiftly making his way over to the bed, "Here..." Hiei cringed as the smaller boy jumped, the sudden harsh voice scaring him, Zeichi looking up his crimson eyes, meeting with the Hiei's darker ones.

"Hiei..." He smiled somewhat sadly before continuing, "I'm sorry..."

The older man scoffed, "For what exactly?" He questioned eyeing the boy, the solemn look on his face not suiting his angel like features.

"Well, what I said earlier upset you, so I thought I'd apologize...I mean it's not every day you get to meet your older

Brother, right?"

Hiei looked down at the boy, unable to stop the small smile that made its way onto him lips, "No...I guessnot..."

Kurama started back towards his room to check on Zeichi when a pounding on the door stopped him. "Kurama! Let us in!"

The fox sighed at Yusuke's loud voice and opened the door. "Really, Yusuke, I do have a doorbell," he frowned slightly.

"Where's Hiei?" asked Yusuke bluntly.

"Why?"

"You're not stupid and we both know it, so don't play dumb. Where's the kid, too?" Yusuke's brown eyes showed that he was in no mood to argue.

"Must we discuss this now, Yusuke?" Kurama asked softly.

"Yes, we must discuss this now, or else Koenma - "

" Koenma is no concern of mine, detective," interrupted Hiei's cold voice. "Leave."

Yusuke scowled. "No. I may not like being at Koenma's beck and call, but I still have a job to do."

"Yeah! So give us the kid, shrimp!"

Hiei gave Kuwabara a look of scorn. "This concerns you even less, you buffoon, so just stay out of it."

Kuwabara snarled and charged forward, intending to take a swing at Hiei.

Hiei dodged easily, ending up standing in front of Yusuke as Kuwabara lost his balance and crashed to the ground. "I will not repeat myself, detective. This is no longer your case. Now leave." He stepped aside as Kuwabara charged him again from behind, glancing at the larger boy in disgust.

"Grr...Stand still and fight me, shorty!"

"Knock it off!" Yusuke hit Kuwabara over the head. "C'mon, we gotta go report to Koenma," he gritted out.

Zeichi sat quietly, listening to the commotion outside the room, the plate of food Hiei had brought him, now sitting atop the bedside table. His keen ears could pick up the sound of two voices he didn't recognize along with his brothers cold harsh voice; sighing he wondered why his luck had finally started changing, for as long as he could remember he had always been a slave to someone or another, not really living, but instead being a tool something that had no life or mind of it's own, something that had to be controlled by someone to work. But all that had changed and as he sat here on the comfy bed he knew belonged to Kurama, he wondered if this was only a small reprieve from the life he had been living, just a small break before everything started going downhill again, this time at a faster pace.

Sighing he listened as the door was opened and closed again, the two unfamiliar voices going silent as a quiet talking reached his ears, this time he knew who both voices belonged to, but as sleep pulled at his consciousness, the voices faded away into nothing, the world around him disappearing.

Before Kurama could blink, Hiei was back in the fox's room. He stopped in the doorway when he noticed Zeichi wasasleep. After a moment's hesitation, he stood by the side of the bed and watched him.

Kurama appeared in the doorway shortly after, hiding his surprise at the look of what was almost...tenderness...in Hiei's gaze.

"I would appreciate if you didn't stare at my back, fox," growled Hiei. "It's unnerving."

Kurama hid a smile. "My apologies."

Botan sighed as Yusuke relayed the news to her in his house after he decided not to go back to Koenma directly. "Yusuke, you know you have to go back and convince Hiei to bring the boy to Koenm - "

"Aw, you know as well as I do that he won't listen to me!" snapped Yusuke. "And I refuse, anyway. That infant can go speak to Hiei himself! Huh. I have dinner with Keiko tonight anyway..."

"Like that's ever kept you from a case," Botan muttered, earning a glare from the spirit detective.

Hiei glanced up as Kurama left the room, leaving him in the room alone with Zeichi, glancing down at the sleeping boy Hiei couldn't help but smile, the resemblance between them was uncanny, but the boy still managed to maintain a look of innocence and purity, quite unlike himself who was, quite often, referred to as evil incarnate. But at the moment all those things that made him that way to people seemed to be fading from him as he stared down at the young demon in the bed.

Smiling he sat down, his fingers running through his brother's hair as he watched him sleep. He seemed so peaceful to be lost amongst his dreams, the rest of the world seeming to be nothing more but a distant land in a far away realm. Removing his fingers from the boy's hair, he lightly caressed the boy's soft cheek, jumping slightly when the boy mumbled something incoherent and leaned into his touch. Hiei attempted to stifle a yawn as he peered at the boy, through his, now, drooping eyelids. Yawning again the older fire demon lied down , his eyes closing as he drifted off to sleep, unconsciously pulling the smaller boy into his arms.

Some hours later Kurama realized he hadn't seen or heard a thing from Hiei, and went to check on him and the boy. His eyes widened slightly, seeing Hiei curled up next to his brother, then smiled at the cute picture.

Keiko smiled at Yusuke in delight when he actually showed up on time for dinner. "I'm so glad you don't have to go on any missions tonight," she exclaimed.

Yusuke smirked. "Yeah, I blew off the brat when he told me I wasn't done, beca - "

"Yusuke! You're supposed to tell me when you go on missions, not ignore your job completely!"

"What are you angry at me for!" he yelled. "I thought you hated it when I have to cancel our plans because of the stupid job! You don't even know what this one's about!"

"I know that you need to start being more responsible! Honestly Yusuke!"

The detective groaned in frustration. "Ugh! You are so damn confusing! Would you rather I ignore you instead! It's certainly starting to look more appeali - "

-SMACK-

Yusuke muttered under his breath and rubbed his stinging cheek. "You go right back to Koenma and finish your mission," fumed the furious girl.