I'm sorry about poor Kurama, but the anticipated moment is about to occur, so stop reading this header and get to the action!

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Kurama forcefully stood up, nearly knocking the unsuspecting koorime to the ground. Rather than looking angry at the shove, Hiei looked reproachful. Kurama wanted to just hit him. But he couldn't. How could he hit the one he had given his heart to? But how couldn't he express his anger to the one who had torn him in two? Especially after that mockery.

"What is that?" Kurama snapped, "You never cared a dime for me!"

Hiei frowned, "You're such a selfish human."

With that Hiei was tackled to the ground in a single swift motion. "What the hell do you want? Why do you keep rubbing it in my face? You're such a cruel-"

"Shut up for one moment, fox!" Hiei snapped, deliberately cutting into the sentence.

Kurama looked as if he were at the point of tears, "I don't want to fight with you Hiei, but you keep pushing me! You make me want to hate you!"

Hiei nearly snarled, "I'm not insincere! I meant it! I do. You and your rosy minded fantasies see black or white. It's highly annoying, more so considering the situation at hand. I do not love you in some romantic delusional way. Nor do I dislike you. In fact I care for you, I really do love you, with all that's in me to feel that way."

With the snapping tone of that statement, Kurama looked at Hiei in sheer disbelief. But there was some truth…Kurama looked at his current position, towering over the koorime as he had done that sorry moment at Genkai's. He left him with (what he suspected Hiei felt) no option but to accept or refuse.

"Don't toy with me, Hiei…You're just one big excuse after another. You do not love me, so don't insist that you do. You've gone too far."

"No….Kurama….it was you that went too far. I'm not repeating myself. I rarely apologize more than once. You can take it….or leave it. I am going."

Going…Going where?...It was to that human detective wasn't it? Jealousy flooded his senses. Kurama frowned and sighed. "Alright,"

Hiei glanced back, a slight wrinkle at his nose.

"Alright…Hiei, don't go. If it really was an apology and I suppose an explanation…I'll take it. I think you did a messy job of it, but it's here," Kurama said walking to catch up.

The two walked alongside each other, a dark cloud between them. Both were content for the moment. Kurama knew Hiei wasn't with Yusuke, and Hiei was able to walk the closest he had been allowed to his best friend.

A young red headed guy, a bit larger than Kurama ran up to the two. "Hey, Hiei! I haven't seen you in forever! Where the heck have you been? We missed ya! Heh I'm just kiddin' and you probably didn't miss us a lot either. But it was weird not having you eavesdrop. Or…whatever you do. I guess we did miss ya."

The grinning Kazuma Kuwabara patted the stone cold Kurama on his shoulder. "Hey what's wrong, guys? Did I miss something? Ah, whatever. Everyone's up at Genkai's if you wanna come with!"

Hiei looked "game" for the first time in a very long time. A little too "game" in Kurama's opinion. Just by the quickness in step, he could tell Hiei was looking forward to reunite with Yusuke, who could probably care less about a romantic relationship with Hiei. He had Keiko to himself, what more could he want. Kurama looked dazed for a moment, and suddenly smiled smugly, following with as much enthusiasm as Hiei, his eyes the only indicator rather than step.

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Ok, this is going to have to be split in two sections as you can tell. It leaves me more paper for details in Kurama's scheme.

Enjoy!

And again, thank you for the reviews! I've got myself some regulars! Just between you and me, once you guys post your reviews, I'm up and ready for another chapter. They're like my red bull haha.