Chapter 6:

After Kurama ran all the way to his den-ish looking room he stopped and calmed down. He couldn't get so worked up over this. It's not like other demons never acted that way towards him, it's not like he was never forced into such situations before. But now it was different. Those demons were of low class, Kurama knew he was better, hence, he did not feel intimidated or humiliated when they treated him as such. But Youko, on the other hand, could be considered and probably known stronger then Kurama, making it heck for him.

With other demons, he was pretending, acting. But now he was taking the role, perhaps permanently, for Youko showed no sign of letting him leave. It was completely devastating to his mind and soul. He knew what he had to do, it was only the part of doing it that would be hard…

That Night…

That night was cool and crisp. The starry night was bright and the moon was high. It was perfect, yet unusual of the Makai.

Kurama couldn't sense Youko anywhere near, hopefully he had left. Kurama sighed and went to the window of his room; he would have to be quiet if he wanted to get away. He didn't carry anything, because he had brought nothing, and he wasn't going to go so low as to take something that belonged to Youko.

He perched the window and got ready to jump to the think branch below it. He could make out of the outline of it vaguely, but it was good enough. When h let himself go from the sill of the window, he was baffled to see he wasn't moving…? He felt the cloth of his shirt. He looked back to see Youko holding him up by the scruff of his collared shirt.

He let out a frantic grasp and tried to pull away, but Youko had a firm grip on him.

"L-let me go! P-please," Kurama's voice was raspy and frantic with fear.

"Let you go? Now, I'm surprised. I find you being bad, and you ask me to let you go?" Youko chuckled.

Kurama remained silent. He decided talking wasn't the best idea at the moment. He felt Youko carry him into his room, away from the window.

"Now, if I had known you to be suicidal, I would have never let you near a window. And I know you can not be trusted, either,"

At that moment, vines grew off the wooden walls and covered the window thickly. The room was completely dim, not dark; he could still seem Youko and an outline of everything in the room.

A thought then came to Kurama's mind. "He didn't think I was trying to escape? Well, I did seem a bit frantic and distant…"

Then suddenly, windows opened up on the high walls, far out of Kurama's reach. Youko looked up at the windows and then back down at Kurama's confused features.

"There…that's better, itoshi. Now I won't have to worry about you doing anything risky," Youko said smoothly as he stroked Kurama's hair.

Kurama tried to shift away, but to no avail. "Youko, I wasn't trying to kill myself, I assure you…"

"Oh? Then what were you doing, ready to jump?"

Kurama bit his lip, it was better for Youko to think what he wanted instead of knowing the truth. If he knew, he would probably be punished…

"Nothing, Youko," answered Kurama.

"That's what I thought," Youko said with a smile as he pushed Kurama down on the bed. "Sleep,"

Kurama obeyed and stayed lying down. He looked up at the stars he could see through the window. But then snapped up of his daze as he felt Youko hit him, lightly, though. Youko leaned down to Kurama's ear.

"Next time, find a more creative way to escape, my runaway," He said and ended with a firm kiss on Kurama's ear.

Kurama gasped and tried to get up, but then noticed that vines had snaked around him, holding him down. Kurama started to struggle against them, but it did nothing.

Youko chuckled softly and looked down at Kurama.

"Such a pretty thing, it's going to be a bit harder getting away from me. My pride will chase you to the ends of the Makai and every other realm. Nothing will keep me from you, give up,"

With those words, Youko left. Leaving Kurama in a state of shock. What was he? Property! Kurama struggled to get out of the hold of the vines, but they held him as tightly as ever. He finally gave up, and then felt then loosens. He then couldn't help but fall into a deep sleep…

Short Chapter again! Sorry, people And I've been thinking, I may add Karasu into this story to make Youko jealous. He's one of my favorite characters :P