Silver Thread
By: Aisu Dragoness
Author's Note: hehehe….ahhh, i love my reviewers, to all who reviewed me, THANK YOU! although...i'm kinda having writer's block so this chappie's kinda short...and crappy... gomen!
Warning: this is Kurama and Hiei yaoi, so yea, read at your own risk, if you're stupid enough to read it even though you know you're homophobic, and you get offended, sry hun, but that's not mah problem…--;;;
Disclaimer: you guys aren't stupid; you all know I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of its WONDERFUL characters….yea….
Chapter 7
"Sooo….let me get this straight…" Koenma stated, as calmly as his 700 year old infant voice could muster.
The gang was at Koenma's palace at the Spirit World after the… "accident." And when the Reikai ruler saw the kit, safely tucked in Hiei's cloak, he knew something was DEFINITELY wrong.
The Reikai Tantei stood in tense silence with Botan who nervously stood next to Koenma after they had recounted their story at the City of Ghosts and Apparitions, and their current predicament.
The small child's knuckles were white, gripping the edge of his chair, with his poor pink pacifier crushed between his gritted teeth, as the toddler simply sat there, trying to digest this newfound information ignoring Yusuke and Kuwabara, as they cringed for he looked like a time bomb ready to go off.
"You finished your mission…." The Spirit detectives nodded vigorously, hoping to abate the explosive anger that would inevitably burst any moment, except for Hiei of course, who couldn't really care less what the stupid kid had to say.
"That's good…Masanori is dead….Yusuke and Kuwabara nods….that's good…the barrier around the city is sealed…nods again….that's good…so…somewhere in all this….Kurama somehow….was captured…meekly nods….and now….he's a kit…a BABY kit no less…." The adolescents nod again, and start to back away to get at a safe distance away from ready-to-blow Koenma, leaving the unfazed Hiei standing there defiantly and rolling his eyes in annoyance as the other two cowered in the corner.
A heavy silence hung in the air, when suddenly….
"HOW THE HELL COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN!" The ground shook at the intensity of his outburst, but he was far from done, oh no, no, no…..
"ARE YOU GUYS COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT TO COME BACK IN ONE PIECE AFTER JUST ONE SIMPLE MISSION! How is it, HOW IS IT, THAT WHEN I SEND YOU ON A MISSION TO SOLVE ONE LITTLE TEENSY WEENSY PROBLEM YOU JUST COME BACK WITH ANOTHER! ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME GO BALD FROM ALL THIS STRESS? THAT'S IT, ISN'T IT? YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY MY DEVILISH GOOD LOOKS, AND TURN ME INTO THIS WRINKLY, BALD OLD GEEZER SO I COULD JUST DROP DEAD FROM HEARTBURN—"
"Oi."
Koenma whirled around, his face beet red, eyes flashing, and apparently incensed by the interruption, only to face Hiei's equally intense gaze.
"Shut up you fool or you're going to wake up Kurama." Everyone's gaze snapped to the jaganshi in shock at the very-unlike-Hiei statement.
"Wh-wha— " Koenma sputtered, when the soft whimpers emanating from Hiei's cloak cut him off. The fire demon growled in frustration,
"Damn you, Koenma..." Hiei muttered, gently taking out the small bunch of clothes when the kit started to pine for comfort, revealing the waking newborn, trembling in the bundle as the cold air overwhelmed him, struggling to get closer to Hiei's chest for warmth. Delicately pointed, furry ears, a small twitching nose, and a pair of wide, vulnerable eyes peeked through the clothes taking in the scene of his new surroundings, causing him to shrink back against Hiei, as the jaganshi hesitantly stroked his fur soothingly, keeping the shivering fox warm with his youki.
Botan quickly rushed over in concern, reaching out as she cooed,
"You POOR little thing. Did the big, mean, Koenma scare you? Aww, its okay, Auntie Botan's here." Everyone sweatdropped at the comment, and chuckled slightly as the kit snapped at the blue haired grim reaper's approaching hand and shied away from the touch of the stranger, allowing only Hiei to stroke his silky fur.
As it became crystal clear that no one was listening to him, Koenma sighed and slumped sideways, causing a small creak to sound from his oversized chair, as the other teens carefully came out of their hiding places to stand next to Hiei once it seemed safe from Koenma's violent temper tantrum.
Hiei shifted uncomfortably, clearly feeling out of place at the whole warm and fuzzy atmosphere that revolved around the small kit in his hands. Of course, the idiot (guess who) as always, had no shame as he exuberantly pranced over to croon over the fox; in doing so, the Great Kuwabara Kazuma visibly displayed his small soft spot for cute furry creatures (in other words, kittens) as he gave all his effort to plead and cajole the small demon to let him hold the newly transformed Kurama, which Hiei flatly refused, not trusting the orange haired fool with HIS fox.
The jaganshi couldn't really understand why the baby kitsune always clung to him and never let anyone else close, but in the past few hours he had come to accept it for the better, after all, this fox was also his lover, and the fire demon had become to feel quite protective in the youko's susceptible state. However, being the aloof and enigmatic demon he is, he'll be damned before he lets anyone know that.
"AHEM…" Koenma coughed, provoking four heads to snap up at him in surprise, they had clearly forgotten that the ruler of Spirit World was ever there. Heaving another deep sigh, Koenma decided that it was time to get back on track.
"Now, back to the matter with Kurama, it seems that the cause to this transformation is a potion for Hiei found an empty syringe next to Kurama, correct?" Hiei nodded, and the Reikai Tantei focused once more, intrigued to learn just what triggered the fox demon's…shrink.
"Well…the only explanation I can come up with is that somehow the potion managed to change the wave lengths of both the body and the
soul—" Koenma was soon cut off by Yusuke, who flailed his arms in the air, which successfully grabbed his attention.
"Hold up diaper boy, speak some English wouldja? What the heck are you talking about?" Hiei rolled his eyes at his comrade's confusion over such a minimal concept, but kept a protective grip on the precious bundle in his hands as the kitsune chibi was asleep once more, not interested in the Reikai's petty quarrels.
"I'm not talking in a foreign language, Yusuke," Koenma continued calmly, "But I suppose that a subject like this wouldn't be in your tiny area of knowledge, so I'll try to use nice, small words so that you can understand." The raven haired teen balled his hands into fists, but before he could snarl a reply, Koenma had already resumed the subject, ignoring the Reikai Tantei's furious reaction.
"You remember when you first died, Yusuke? I explained to you about wave lengths of the body and your soul, and that they had to match or else you couldn't come back to life? Well, these wave lengths…with Kurama's case, if someone had the power to reverse the wave lengths, in a sense, the body would go back in time and become younger, thus turning him into that." Koenma pointed to the small kitsune in Hiei's arms.
"The same goes for the soul, and since the soul contains the person's memories, it would explain why Kurama doesn't seem to remember any of us, for his soul's wave lengths was reversed to the point in time that Kurama didn't meet any of us." This time it was Botan's turn to object,
"Demo, Koenma, how is that possible? You would need an extremely powerful potion to be able to do that kind of thing, wouldn't you?" Nodding, Koenma answered the blue haired grim reaper,
"Yes, this brings up another question. Masanori was never very talented in the area of potions, actually he kind of sucked. I doubt he meant to shrink Kurama this much, so it was a pretty sloppy job on his part. Masanori was a professional hunter of kitsune, not a chemist. So how in the world he got his hands on a potion of such power is beyond me…"
"The potion…" Surprised, everyone turned to Hiei, the source of the mutterings, who went on,
"The syringe that contained the potion…it had a strong scent from a black river that was in the city." The tiny ruler of Spirit world raised his eyebrows as Kuwabara yelled,
"You SNIFFED that funky black river!" Hiei's ruby eyes narrowed, visibly annoyed at the outburst.
"No, you fool. I didn't have to. The river's stench was clinging onto your pants when you fell in after which I recall, you ingeniously fried to a crisp." The leader of the detectives, once again failed to restrain himself as he laughed uproariously, Botan had turned away, giggling softly, and Koenma's auburn eyes twinkled with amusement, even Hiei couldn't help but smirk in remembrance of the orange haired baka's stupidity. Poor Kurama woke yet again from his warm and peaceful slumber, fur covered ears twitching, the small silver youko sleepily opened one of his golden eyes taking a glance around the room now filled with laughter before shutting it again to doze.
Aisu Dragoness: wow...that was really stupid... HONTO NI, GOMEN NE! I'M HAVING WRITER'S BLOCK! AHHHH! REVIEW ME AND SNAP ME OUT OF IT! AHHHH!