Chapter 8: Demons, Demons Everywhere

Mrs. Minamino arrived in 45 minutes, 15 minutes later than she said she would.

After 30 minutes were up, they turned back into their human forms, thinking Mrs. Minamino would be home any minute. When she wasn't, they had decided to spend more time together.

Shuiichi was thankful of the jingling sound his mom's keys made while unlockin the door. The door bursted open just as Kurama broke the kiss and embrace. They jumped as far away from eachother as they could in suprise and embarassment. Both were sweat-dropping and blushing about as red as you can get.

"Hey, I've got wonderful news!" His mom said happily. "I've just got an advance in my paycheck!"

Hiyoko and Shuiichi stared at her, their faces unchanged still.

"What's the matter with you two?" Mrs. Minamino blinked.

"Uh, no-nothing!" They answered in unison.

"Oh, I see..." She teased. "You two have a thing for eachother, don't you?"

"Maybe..." They answered in unison again, poking their pointer fingers together.

"Aww, that's so cute!" She teased, pinching their cheeks. "My little baby has a girlfriend!"

"Mom!" Shuiichi grumbled.

Ha-ha. Mommie's little baby! Yoko teased.

Shut up!

And to top that off, you almost got caught making out with your little girlfriend! He laughed.

Shut up! She's not just my girlfriend!

Oh, that's right. You did that...lovers, then?

Urgh!

"That's so sweet!" Hiyoko teased. "Your mom still calls you her baby!"

Kurama sighed. Why's everyone picking on me?

'Cuz it's fun. Yoko said in a 'duh' kind of way.

Later that day, Kurama decided to tell his friends about Royuki. Hiyoko agreed, but she felt a little nervous. Right before they left a thought struck her. She still didn't know how he lived...

"Shuiichi, how did you survive Royuki's attack?" Hiyoko asked.

"Oh, that..." He said, scratching his chin. His emrald eyes flashed with amuzement, yet a little pain. "You really want to know?"

"Yes, of course!" She said, puppy-pouting.

"Okay then, take a seat." he sat on the couch and patted his lap.

Hiyoko blushed, but she happily sat down with a smile on her face. Kurama wrapped his arms around her lovingly and she leaned back against his warm body. thankfully, Mrs. Minamino had gone to work.

"Okay, just as the arrow hit me I grew a plant inside myself. The plant caught the arrow and that's one of the only reasons I survived." He smiled. "My fox powers healed me slowly. I couldn't die, I refused to. I had to be with you one more time."

"Wh-what do you mean 'one more time'?" Hiyoko asked worriedly.

"I made a deal with some demons," Kurama explained. "My fox powers weren't enough to heal me."

"Tell me what the deal was!" Hiyoko shouted.

"Well, they promised me two days more to live, the cost being my soul."

"N-NO!" Hiyoko cried. "NO, you're lieing!"

"No, I'm not," Kurama said sadly. "They'll be here soon to get my soul."

Sure enough, as soon as he had said that they came. There were about 16 in all.

"NO!" Hiyoko yelled, turning into Hiyokoai. "YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM!"

The demons laughed and came at Kurama with their claws raised. The window shattered and hiei and Yusuke burst in the room. Both were in their demon forms.

"New deal," Hiei said.

"Leave Kurama alone and we'll let you live," Yusuke finished.

The demons switched their targets and came after Yusuke and Hiei.

"Guess they want to die," Hiei shrugged.