OMFG! Hello Readers! Sorry it took me so long to update. I know, I know… It always takes a long time to update… but that's because I don't have my own computer! But… good news for both of us! I'm getting a laptop in a few week thanks to my mommy and her friends! So… updates should be coming a lot faster in two weeks time. I'm still a slacker, so don't expect a new chapter every day, but they'll be faster than they have been. Well… enjoy!

Hiei opened one eye then quickly closed it. He did not like what awaited him; an empty bed and a cold breakfast on the kitchen table. His fox would've gone to work by now and he would be alone with nothing to do except to get ready for the upcoming mission. One eye fluttered open again and big red numbers caught his eye. It was 8:00 AM according to the alarm clock. That meant that Kurama would have left for work hours ago; so then why hadn't the alarm woken Hiei up? The alarm always woke him up when Kurama left. Hiei turned to the side, hoping against hope that Kurama would be there. He felt around until his hand hit something fleshy and he opened his eyes.

"Mmmm… Hiei, that feels nice." Hiei blushed when he realized exactly what he had grabbed. His blush quickly faded when the Fox woke up; startling green eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling. Kurama's acute sense of his surroundings told him he had woken up late and that he should have been at work hours ago. He was almost afraid to look at the clock. "Hiei, what time is it?"

"I'm asleep Fox." This was obviously not true, but it was funny. Well, Hiei seemed to find it funny; Kurama however, was not laughing. Kurama attempted to sit up but quickly found a not-so-heavy weight on top of him. Said weight began pressing warm kisses to his bare collarbone; Hiei was obviously not going to let him go anytime soon.

"Hiei, let me up." Kurama's attempt at a stern tone ended up failing horribly and instead his voice sounded husky and turned-on.

Hiei looked up at Kurama and couldn't help but smirk when Kurama failed to suppress a cry of protest when the little demon's lips left his skin. "Fox, we leave tomorrow. Why do you have to go to…work?" The word 'work' left his lips as if it were something he'd never said before. He was still not used to he ningen word. Why don't you skip…work…today? You should play…" Hiei tried to remember the word Yusuke had once used. 'Hockey?…no. Hackey?…no.' "Hickey. Why don't you play hickey today, Fox?" Kurama laughed out loud at His Demon's words. Hiei looked up at him confused. 'Did I say something wrong?' Hiei wondered.

"Hooky, Hiei. The word you were looking for is Hooky." Kurama chuckled and looked at Hiei in thought. He slowly nodded his head at Hiei. "Hmm… Okay, Love…" Kurama paused his words to flip them over and put himself on top. "But you'll have to make it worth my time."

Hiei looked at Kurama with a mix of mischief and lust in his crimson eyes. He picked his head up so that his mouth was almost touching the Fox's ear. "Oh, it will be worth your time; and mine too." He smirked mischievously and then sucked on his Lover's ear, and then left with a small nip. Literally, he left. In a flash he was gone leaving Kurama too give chase. Behind him he left the words "But you'll have to find me first, Fox." Kurama grinned and licked his lips. The chase always was his favorite part.

"Lord Koenma!" Botan burst through the doors of the toddler's large office much like the way Yusuke had the other day. She looked around only to find that Koenma wasn't a toddler at all. She looked at his brown hair and matching brown eyes to see his teenage form. The mixture of anger and sadness in her eyes briefly left to show worried Violet eyes. (A/N: I'm not sure if they are pink or Violet, but Violet seems to be more fitting.) "Lord Koenma, what's wrong?" Realization dawned on her and her eyes were once again a mixture of sadness and anger. "Koenma, I'm begging you. Don't send them on this mission! How could you send them on this mission? Get some one else to do it! Call Touya and Jin. Anyone but them! Koenma I refuse to take any of them to the Underworld on account of your… stupidity!" She spat the last word at him in anger and then quickly fell into a fit of tears.

Koenma looked up at her. His anger faded as he saw her shoulders shaking. "Botan, please don't cry. I've been fighting off tears myself ever since the death reports came in. I can't believe… why…?" Koenma's voice cracked and the first tears started to fall. The first tears in a long time; but definitely not the last.

"Oh, Koenma! Can't you talk to your father? Surely he would let them live for his son?"

"Botan, my father has no say over who dies." Koenma said this obnoxiously as if she should know this. Botan's eyes widened; who the hell did then?

"Well, then, whose choice is it?"

"Hades'. Hades chooses who lives and who dies. And even Hades doesn't really choose. He doesn't sit around and pick names from a list. The River Styx chooses who is to go, and when, and how. Hades simply makes the death reports and sends them to us; no questions asked, none answered." He looked at Botan with despair in his eyes. He had obviously already tried to talk to people to change the destiny of the Tentei. Botan suddenly wasn't as angry as she had been. Originally she thought that Koenma was just going to let it be. It was okay for their friends to die. But upon seeing the desperation in his eyes, her anger melted away and left more room for sadness, despair, and depression. Glancing once more at the papers in her hands to make sure she hadn't imagined the names, her vision was confirmed and she fell to the ground in a brightly colored pool of tears.

"Koenma…" was the only broken word she could squeeze out between her sobs. She had meant to say something, but she couldn't say anything more.

Koenma stood with the intentions of walking over to Botan. "Botan, stand up."

She looked at him despairingly. Every second it seemed he was getting closer. "I can't stand. My legs won't respond." She fell into another fit of sobs. Immediately Koenma was on the floor with his arms around her. She rested her head on his shoulder and was shocked when she felt his wet tears on her own shoulder. She sat back a little so she could see him. He wasn't crying loudly, just a few silent tears sliding down his cheeks. "Why are you crying?"

"Because I hate seeing you upset." Botan's eyes widened. She had wanted him to say something like that for so long. But she knew he was just being brotherly. She reached up to wipe away her tears but Koenma had beaten her to it. He softly brushed them away and tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear. 'Those aren't brotherly actions. Maybe he does…' But her thoughts were cut short as his lips touched hers briefly, and then left all to soon. She brought her eyes to his and she knew his feelings for her. Despite her inner sadness she smiled. She had wanted this for so long. Still smiling she looked at Koenma who had misread her silence and was looking down. She picked up his face and pressed her lips against his. Slowly she added more weight to him and he wrapped his arms around her. Before long they were on the floor in each other's arms, in a full-blown make out section. Unbeknownst to them, Hiei and Kurama were now in this same position.

Hiei and Kurama lay in bed together after the most mind-blowing sex in the world. (A/N: Sorry I skipped the lemon scene, but I didn't think the story was ready for it.) Hiei lay his head on Kurama's bare chest; his hand lay beside his head. He closed his eyes and snuggled into the warmth that was Kurama.

"That… was great, Hiei." Hiei smirked. He loved pleasing his Fox.

"It's always great with me, isn't it, Fox?"

Kurama chuckled at Hiei's oversized ego; the creation he was responsible for. "You have a point there." Kurama gave a content sigh, closely followed by Hiei's own sigh. "Ugh… I do NOT want to go on this mission."

"Neither do I, Fox."

Kurama looked down at Hiei surprised. He usually loved going back to the Makai. He felt Hiei snuggle into him and look down. "You don't? That's odd. You love going to the Makai." Hiei mumbled a reply of something along the lines of, 'I just don't feel like it' followed by a yawn. Kurama thought for a long while. Something was not quite right. Hiei LOVED going to Makai. And he HATED being cooped up in their apartment. "Hiei… is this about your dream?" He looked down after Hiei didn't answer to see that his little demon was asleep. He sighed once again and then followed Hiei into the content darkness that was sleep.

When Kurama's breathing evened out and sleep had taken him, Hiei opened one eye. 'Another question successfully avoided.'

Okay! Another Chapter! YAY! Okay, well… I have good news and bad news. Bad news, the next chapter probably won't be uploaded for like, 2 weeks, or so because I'm in Ohio and I'm going to get back and get my laptop eventually. The good news, once I get back to Texas and have my laptop, Updates will be a lot faster for remaining chapters! Thank you to my reviewers! Hope you liked this chapter! And tell me what you think of the Botan/Koenma pairing. No one answered my question about Yusuke/Koenma, so I took that as a no. And I like Botan, so I wanted her to be with someone. Leave me reviews! I luffs reviews! Reviews make me happy! And when I'm happy, the world is a better place! Until Next time, your loving authoress, Nyoko Iso! (Seriously, review please! Long reviews make me happy!)