Yes, yes I'm updating again! I know some of you will be quite surprised. But I already had it typed and ready to go when my computer stopped working. And now that I can post again you can bet I'm going to take that opportunity. So I'd like to thank all of you who have already reviewed. Please do so again.


Abnormal Morning

Chapter 5

Now when one wakes up in the morning, typically they are expected to be awakened for any number of different reasons, in any number of ways, such as a nearly full grown kitsune kit splashing you with water or some unknown sustenance, while an annoying brother watches and adds in a few sarcastic comments as you slowly wipe the freezing liquid from your curling hair.

Or if you do not live in a house filled to the capacity with kitsune at the moment, you may be woken up by a softer approach, such as a mother gently brushing your shoulder and proclaiming it time for breakfast. Of course this situation is just as worse if not more so than the previous situation because now you may feel extremely guilty when you see the soft encouraging smile on your mother's face. This means you have to get up or risk hurting the mother who raised you until you started hating her as a teenager and then loved her when she comforted you after your first major break up with the guy you absolutely swore you were in love with. From that point on she was your best friend and you never gave her any trouble again...yeah...right.

Or if your morning really wanted to get on your nerves, you might wake up to the god awful sound of those damn birds outside your window, who's only goal in life is to be sure you wake up way before a 'normal' hour.

Kagome was one such person and would expect to be woken up by any of those previous ways mentioned. If this were a typical day, the birds would wake her up first, causing the lazy vixen to throw a pillow or a case of pencils at the window in hopes that the birds will just go away and leave her alone. Once it becomes clear the birds aren't moving, Kagome will calmly crawl back into bed and grumble a bit while placing a pillow over top her face in hopes of suffocating herself back to sleep to drown out the cheerful, nauseating calls. She may sleep for another hour or so or perhaps five minutes. We will never know how long she sleeps for, for the next thing she feels is the gentle touch on her arm, a hand taking away the warm smothering pillow and a voice telling her that she must get up for breakfast.

Kagome will open her eyes and give her mother the puppy, or rather kit, eyes to which her mother will sigh, pet her ears, and tell her five more minutes. And with a blissful smile, Kagome will fall back on her pillow and smile as sleep once again invades her senses...only to be jerked into consciousness once again by a fat kitsune landing directly on her stomach, thus ending the whole ritual of 'morning', unless you wanted to add in the chase, the capture, and the victory, but that's a story for another day. (See previous day for example).

However, this was not a typical morning for Kagome Higurashi. For you see while the vixen slept peacefully in her bed, she was joined by not one, but two kitsunes that were not of her own family. One, a silver kitsune named Yoko, lay directly on his back, clutching the dark haired vixen to his chest, every once in awhile twitching one of his silky ears in his sleep. Kagome lay draped across the kitsune's naked chest, arms wrapped tightly around his smooth waist and hips. Behind the sleeping vixen lay a red haired version of the silver man she was so lovingly lying on. His arms were wrapped loosely around the sleeping woman's slim waist, clutching her tightly against an equally smooth chest. His face was relaxed and his breathing was even as he embraced the black haired woman to him.

The red haired man was the first to awaken, though he never let on. His emerald eyes blinked open to view strangely familiar surroundings and it only took a few seconds for the reality of his situation to set in. He blushed a bit when he realized he was holding a woman very close and had apparently stayed that way the whole night. And yet, Shuichi found that he didn't have the motivation to move away from the beautiful woman wrapped in his arms. Shuichi lifted up on one elbow and leaned over her, wanting to see her face again.

Her eyes were closed and her hair fell delicately along her brow so he raised his right arm gently and brushed the inky strands away, feeling the smooth soft skin underneath his finger tips. She was a very pretty woman, one of the most beautiful women he'd ever seen. Of course he'd always spent his younger years running away and dodging his scary fan club to pay much attention to a female. He'd rather cut off all his hair than deal with those wack jobs. Shuichi tilted his head to the side wondering if he would have run away if he'd met her all those years ago when he was attending High School. Just looking at her screamed trouble and yet he knew he'd have been drawn to her the moment he saw her.

She had that kind feeling that automatically set your soul free. Absently he ran a hand through her lush locks, loving the way the strands slid easily through his fingers. He jumped, startled a bit when another hand reached up and joined with his, halting his movements. Shuichi examined the long, smooth fingers and deadly nails, eyes sliding up the arm until they landed on the beautiful man studying him beneath heavy lids.

Shuichi lifted an eyebrow in question, while examining the demon who had up until recently inhabited his body. He'd never seen his counterpart up close before, simply because he was always in the background when Yoko came forth. Of course he knew what his demon body looked like from Yoko's many memories, but it was a bit startling to wake up face to face with 'your' body.

Yoko had an amused glint in his eyes and Shuichi wondered what he found so amusing. So he asked. "What?"

Yoko chuckled pulling the woman close to him and trailing his eyes off the vixen and onto his red headed counterpart. "I was just wondering how long you were going to keep staring at me. I didn't know I interested you this much, Shuichi."

Shuichi rolled his eyes and drew away slightly. Yoko would always be Yoko. "Don't flatter yourself, Yoko. There are already too many who stoke your ego. You don't need me to do that for you."

Yoko lost his smirk and growled, though his eyes still shown with amusement. Both boys were caught off guard when Kagome suddenly moved and started purring in her sleep, mumbling something under her breath. Once again Shuichi found himself running his eyes over the sleeping female, although this time something seemed to be changing. "What the-." Kagome's hair had begun lightening in color and ears seemed to be popping out of her head.

Both kitsunes watched in awe as Kagome's hair turned a bright gold color and streaked with silver and ears began to appear from out of nowhere. Shuichi blushed when he felt something begin crawling up his lap and realized that Kagome had sprouted a tail.

Curiously and under Yoko's watchful eye, Shuichi drew up the covers a bit and peered downwards. Yep, it was official. Kagome had a tail.

"Well that was certainly unexpected," Shuichi commented dryly, though his kitsune sensors were on high alert as her scent washed over him completely. "Do you think Kagome forgot to mention something?" He was a bit curious as to why Yoko was taking this so well. "And why are you being so calm about this?"

"Well," Yoko started after spotting the question forming in Shuichi's mind. "I thought I'd sensed other demons here, as well as those two younger boys from last night. So it really isn't all that surprising that she's a demon, a kitsune even." Then he smirked. "Besides. I found out last night."

"Last night?" Shuichi growled a bit suspiciously. "What happened like last night?"

Yoko rolled his eyes. "Nothing like that I assure you." Yoko grinned. "But aren't we lucky? We have ourselves a true vixen."

"Mm, who's lucky?" Kagome muttered, eyes fluttering open lashes brushing delicately against her cheeks. She smiled as she spotted Yoko and Shuichi staring down at her.

"Why, pretty vixen, my 'brother' and I were just wondering why you hadn't bothered to explain about your little secret?"

Secret? Kagome thought, before sitting up roughly, startling Yoko so that he nearly fell off the bed. Shuichi had backed away at her sudden movement and was half sitting half lying against the wall. "What secret?" Kagome growled, wondering which secrets her brother and kit had exposed to these two demons. "If Souta and Shippo told you any of my secrets while I'll-." Kagome went on for about five minutes causing Shuichi's head to spin and Yoko's ears to lay flat across his skull as they listened to Kagome's threats about how she was going to take revenge upon certain members of her family. Her threats were so original and scary that Yoko couldn't help but wish he'd known her back in the early days. He might have recruited her to be his second instead of that fool, Yomi. She was certainly creative with her threats.

Shuichi was struck dumb as he moved as far away from her as he could without offending her.

Kagome was so stuck on her little 'speech' that she didn't notice her bedroom door opening and closing as her mother stepped into the room just in time to hear the last of her rant. Kagome's mother viewed the scene, spotting the two kitsunes from the night before a bit too close to her daughter for her taste, yet she knew her Kagome better than that. She knew her daughter would never sleep with a man, much less two, without loving him or them both. She'd learned much about kitsunes after her daughter and son's transformation and knew that they were part of a race the thrived on physical contact. And her daughter was a true cuddler.

She shook her head at her ranting daughter noticing the looks of awe that crossed both demons' faces after each and every threat was expelled from the girl's loud mouth. She sighed and held a finger to her mouth, eyes twinkling merrily as Yoko backed away from the bed and stood up.

"Oh, Souta, Shippo, I think your sister is stuck in 'rant' mode again," Kun-loon called softly over her shoulder and a minutes later a black haired boy stepped through the door and surveyed the scene with laughing eyes.

The silver kitsune was standing across the room and watching curiously as his sister continued talking. He felt a bit sorry for the ruby-haired boy since he'd been unable to escape Kagome's onslaught of words. Souta felt Shippo come up behind him and peer curiously into the room. "So sad," Souta commented to his best friend and nephew.

He could almost feel Shippo's excited grin as he whispered back, "Too bad."

Both boys exchanged glances with each other before darting into the room and jumping on top of Kagome, thus startling the poor vixen she nearly burst everyone's ear drums when she screamed. Poor Shuichi couldn't escape as he was backed against the wall and prayed to whatever god he could, that he would make it out alive. Kagome had immediately caught both younger kits and pulled them back onto the bed when they tried to flee, thus starting yet another tickle war. Shuichi was startled when he felt a soft body land on top of him and even softer fingers begin traveling down his sides to trace lightly over his skin.

"Come on, Shuichi," he felt Kagome whisper in his ear playfully, scratching one of them and tickling his ribs. "You don't have to look so petrified." She was perched on top of him, legs folded neatly under her as she pinned his arms playfully to the bed. Shuichi couldn't help but find her utterly adorable even though his body was experiencing some strange reactions to her closeness. He found himself grinning back at her and quickly reversed their positions, surprising Kagome and even Yoko who had been watching the scene through laughing eyes. Kagome lay underneath him giggling as Shuichi leaned down and began tickling her ribs ruthlessly, laughing when the vixen burst into laughter. "All right!" He heard the tan-colored boy call. "Pile on Kagome and red!"

All at once Shuichi was lying flat on top of the vixen, laughing and choking as Shippo and Souta jumped on his back. "Urg," Kagome huffed from underneath Shuichi's body, trying to dislodge all three bodies. Shuichi looked up and out amidst the flailing bodies noticing Yoko was laughing gaily at the scene. "Hey, Kagome," he suddenly leaned down and whispered. He felt a tiny chill sweep through her body and felt a bit of pride that he'd managed to affect her. Her wide silver blue eyes were staring at him curiously as he grinned mischievously. "Yoko looks a bit left out, doesn't he?" Kagome turned her head and noticed Yoko watching with amusement and quickly agreed with Shuichi.

"Why it appears he is," Kagome commented, smiling back. "Why don't we 'invite' him to join in?"

Yoko watched as Shuichi leaned over the beautiful vixen wondering what they were planning. He noted the way they were speaking very quietly and the small furtive glances in his direction. His eyes widened as he immediately realized they were planning something that involved him. But it was too late for our gorgeous silver haired kitsune for he soon found himself dragged into the fray as well, as both Shuichi and Kagome shot up off the bed, knocking both Shippo and Souta on their asses. They moved in a blur and before he could move, both Shuichi and Kagome had jumped on top of him, bringing him flat against the soft bed and temporarily knocking the wind out of him.

His eyes opened to find Kagome grinning down at him with Shuichi leaning over her shoulder. "It appears we have captured a prisoner, Shuichi darling. Whatever should we do with him?" Kagome drawled leaning down and nuzzling her face along Yoko's neck line and shoulder area. She was delighted when Yoko's muscles flexed underneath her touch and his breathing increased.

"Maybe we should make him our slave for all eternity," Shuichi suggested playfully. "He looks like he'd be good at taking orders."

"Hey!" Yoko cried, getting into the fun as well. "You haven't won yet!"

"Oh," Kagome whined pathetically, ears lying flat against her skull. "You don't want to be my slave, little Yoko?" She whispered leaning down and nibbling on his soft, fuzzy ears. She smiled as his eyes glazed a bit, though he refused to give into his bodies wishes. "I'll be sure to treat you...very nicely," she purred dragging a sharp nail up his nude stomach. Yoko couldn't help releasing a whimper, a bit embarrassed that she'd managed to affect him so much already. Come on, he was Yoko Kurama. Weren't their roles supposed to be in reverse.

"Oh dear," Kagome whined playfully. "It looks as if our prisoner does not like us."

Suddenly Yoko growled and switched their positions before she could move away. Growling playfully he leaned down and met her eyes, keeping his mouth inches away from her. "Now who told you I didn't like you, my vixen. Maybe I want to be your slave," he whispered in her golden ear. "Or is it that you want to be my slave, to be at my every command?" He pecked her on the lips teasingly and backed away quickly as she froze and a blush traveled through her whole body.

"Hey what about me?" Shuichi chimed in and this time leaned over Yoko's shoulder. "Why can't she be my slave?"

Yoko was inwardly pleased that his counterpart was letting go of his tight control, enough to have real fun that is. When he was within Shuichi's body, Kurama had maintained a very recluse attitude and hardly went anywhere besides the occasion outing with Yusuke and Hiei. Kurama spent the vast majority around his mother or hiding in the park amidst an array of specially designed flowers. So he was relieved to see that Shuichi could let go enough to realize there was more to life than what he currently knew.

Yoko shot his brother an amused glance and called over his shoulder. "Very well, Shuichi, you may have a piece of her. We will share her equally among us."

"Hey," Kagome protested weakly. "You mean you're not going to fight over me to the death so that I can choose the strongest mate?" She was teasing although the boys didn't need to know that her words were a bit serious. She didn't want anyone fighting over her and was surprised Yoko and Shuichi already weren't. It's not that she was particularly vain, its just that the few demons she'd met, even her human friends, had fought over her. Inuyasha was the worst, then came Kouga, even though she'd tried to make it clear she was only interested in being his friend. It didn't matter whether she thought of either demon as a friend, both had somehow got it in their heads that they wanted her and were determined to own her, body and soul. Well maybe not Inuyasha. He was just the jealous type and didn't want his toy shard detector taken away from him.

"Of course not," Shuichi answered.

"Yeah, wench," Yoko teased. "Why would we want to fight over you anyway? I'm beautiful enough as it is. You would just cramp my style."

"Oh, kami," Shuichi groaned drawing a confused glance from Kagome. "There he goes off on into the little world of his, making his head even bigger than it already is." Kagome and Shuichi collapsed into giggles at the pouting look on Yoko's face.

"Aw, don't cry," Kagome whispered in his ear, drawing him close for a hug. "I think you're beautiful, Yoko."

Suddenly she released him, pushing him onto the floor. When Yoko looked up Kagome had climbed into a blushing Shuichi's lap and was gripping in a very tight hug. "But you see, my Shuichi is just as beautiful as you. How am I to choose between you, my Shuichi, and..." She paused drawing some raised eyebrows. She lifted a hand in a stage whisper. "Myself."

Yoko grinned while Kagome was reduced to giggles again. She fell back on the bed, crushing Shuichi a bit, though if he were being really honest, he would say she could do it anytime she felt like it. They lay there peacefully for a few more minutes until Kagome realized her mom, brother, and son had left. She tilted her head to the side and noticed golden hair brushing against her face. All at once the proverbial lightbulb lit up and she instantly knew what secret Yoko was talking about.

"Well come now, kits, we have to get up now." She lifted her nose in the air smelling breakfast cooling down. "I can smell eggs and bacon, yummy."

"Well," Shuichi started to protest. "I really must get back to my moth-." Shuichi paled and Kagome turned a confused eye towards Yoko who was staring at Shuichi with an encouraging glance. Shuichi dropped his head into his hands and moaned. "What am I going to tell her? I can't go to her looking like this." All at once Kagome understood the problem.

Wordlessly and after exchanging glances with Yoko, she drew Shuichi into her arms. "It's okay, Shuichi. You were going to have to tell her about you two someday. She has a right to know, you know? Besides if she doesn't accept you for who you are, then she doesn't deserve you. I mean come on, did you see my mom running in fear? She loves me and she's never once been afraid of me or Souta or Shippo."

"Your mother's not a kitsune either?" Yoko questioned darkly, eyes narrowed, wondering how that happened. Though he supposed Kagome and her brother could have been adopted. Noticing how Kagome froze up, Yoko lost his hard glare and just continued staring curiously at her. She turned her head and met his wild eyes. "I'll tell you later, but no my mom's not a kitsune. It is a very long story and I promise I will tell you, but for now I really think we should get up. And Shuichi if you're really afraid of facing your mother, I can teach you a spell that can hide all traces of your demon energy. That way you can talk with her as you always do before actually showing her."

"Well...okay," Shuichi replied softly, knowing that today was going to be very hard on his emotions.

"So get up you two. We'll go have some breakfast and then I'll take Yoko shopping. After that we can go with you to speak to your mother."

"Shopping?" Two voice chimed in, one in interest, the other with wariness. "Are you serious?" Shuichi asked dryly. "You want to take a thief shopping?"

Kagome laughed. "You'll behave, won't you?" She smirked at Yoko. "Besides I really don't think you want to take him home nude. Your mother might get more surprises than you intended to show her." She laughed while Yoko cackled madly at Shuichi's red face.

"How could you ever doubt?" Yoko asked, innocence stretched all throughout his face. "Though are you sure you want to cover up this body?" His eyes practically burned into Kagome's as her face lit up with flames and it was Shuichi's turn to laugh at her expense.

Kagome recovered and got up, winking at Shuichi as she sat on a startled Yoko, straddling his hips, facing him. Automatically she felt his arms tighten on her thighs, fingers moving a bit over her delicate skin. She leaned in and gently nibbled on his chin then kissed it, peering deeply into his golden eyes, wondering what kind of secrets and knowledge he had buried deep within him. Yoko really was a gorgeous creature, it was a wonder he didn't have a mate yet. With his heavenly body and long silver hair and ears, Yoko really appeared to be a god. Now she really hoped he didn't have mate. He had no mark on his skin and no trace of a reoccurring female in his scent.

Kagome jumped when she realized she'd forgotten what she was going to tease him about. So caught up in gazing at him was she that she didn't see him move as his lips were suddenly upon her own.


Wahahahahaha I hope I'm evil now. Now you have to wait another chapter to find out what happens? Will Yoko kiss his vixen? Will she kiss him back? Or will there be an inevitable interruption? Guess you'll have to keep reading. And for the next chapter I would really love to have a lot of reviews. So please write in and tell me how you feel...maybe a bit jipped that you don't get to see Yoko and Kagome kiss? I will never know unless you tell me.

Ja ne.

Kura