Chapter 15 (part 2)

Kurama kissed the red lips and said. "Are you ready to play my way now?" The voice held a tinge of mischief and cockiness.

Hiei could only gulp as his body was attacked.

Hiei had only lowered his pants enough to expose himself and he felt the pull as they were torn the rest of the way off.

"Kurama?" He said as his body jerked from the pull.

"Shhh." Kurama placed a hand on his mouth, quieting him.

Hiei's eyes went wide as he felt his member taken and roughly stroked. "Do you like this my little fire." Kurama purred next to his ear.

Panic sat in. 'This is not Kurama's way.' Hiei thought and started pushing on the taller figure.

"Easy, little one…is this not what you wanted." Kurama purred and started kissing his face and neck.

Trying to control his emotions, for yes in a way he did like it, it was however, not Kurama's way and he was going to make sure the red head knew what he was doing before he regretted it.

Continuing to struggle only caused him to be restrained more. "Well, it would seem you want to try and fight me." He heard Kurama say, before a vine snaked its way around his wrists, pulling them together in a tight hold above his head.

He had no choice, raising his body temperature. He waited until Kurama leaned away enough so as not to burn his face before letting loose a short burst of heat.

Kurama yelped jumping back, his hands and lower arms red. A shocked, confused look covered his face.

When the weight left him, Hiei burned the vines and sat up. Rubbing his wrists, he studied the red head.

Kurama's lips trembled and he shrunk back, hugging himself as tears threatened to fall again.

"Kurama." He said softly, he didn't know what to say.

"You do not want me." Kurama whispered.

"NO." He said with anger and then cursed himself as the red head trembled. "No, I mean yes…I do want you…this…" Hiei indicated what was left of the vines. "Is not you though." Trying to explain what he meant.

Recognition seem to come to the red head and he straightened up, looking to the fire demon.

"But I thought…Youko's memories…you…." Kurama stammered, starting to shake again.

Hiei sighed and scooted over. Getting ready to put his arms around the shaking figure, he was surprised when Kurama turned and fell into his chest.

"I am so confused." Kurama said softly, burying his head into the fire demon's chest.

Running his hand through the red/silver locks, Hiei held him and tried to sooth the taller figure. He didn't know what to say. So he only held, until Kurama was ready to do something.

"Genkai." Kurama muttered.

"What?" Hiei barely heard the name.

Leaning up so he could be heard, Kurama said again. "Genkai…she…she said I should ask you for help." He pulled out of Hiei's arms and sat back, wiping his face.

"Help with what?" Hiei asked, not wanting to let go, but allowing it.

"I can not control the memories and thoughts of Youko and Shuiichi. They are constantly running through my mind." Kurama said and looked to see confusion in the crimson eyes.

"I…m…sorry…it is too confusing." Kurama laughed, though it was forced.

"Let's go talk to Genkai." Hiei said retrieving his pants, there was just enough to cover him.

Kurama also got dressed and together they headed back to the temple.

When they got there, Yusuke and Kuwabara were making their way up the steps and they stopped when they saw the two demons heading up.

"Hey you two." Seeing the state they were in, Yusuke joked. "That must have been some sparring." He smiled as the two approached them.

Getting what had happened. Kuwabara got a disgusted look on his face. He didn't mind them being together, he just didn't want to know the details and see them.

"Move." Hiei growled as he led the red head pass them and up the stairs. Kurama had been leaning on him more and more as they got closer to the temple.

"Hey, is he alright?" Yusuke asked seeing the real shape the red head was in and the dazed look in the green eyes.

"He'll be fine." Hiei growled, not stopping.

"Can we help?" Kuwabara offered as he watched the red head stagger and almost fall.

"I've got him." Hiei said with anger, grabbing Kurama before he met the ground.

"Hiei." Yusuke said, going to his side and placing a hand on his shoulder, stopping him. He gave a nod to Kuwabara, who nodded back and picked up the red head.

"What….." Hiei was held back by Yusuke before he could stop the orange haired from continuing the trek up the stairs.

"Let us help." Yusuke said and turned the fire demon so they could climb the stairs.

"Get your hands off me." Hiei growled, shrugging the arms away and beginning to climb, leaving the raven haired to follow.

When Kuwabara walked in the door, Yukina and Genkai were at the table having tea.

"What happened?" Yukina said, getting up.

"I don't know, ask the shrimp." Kuwabara said as he followed the young maiden down the hall to the room Kurama had been staying in.

Placing the red head on the futon, Kuwabara moved away to allow Yukina to look him over.

"Where did these burns come from?" She asked as she began to heal them. They were only first degree burns, but they still probably hurt the boy.

Kuwabara only shrugged, he didn't know that either. Just as she finished healing the burns, the others made their way in.

Taking seats to make a circle around the red head, Hiei told them what happened. He didn't really want Yusuke and Kuwabara to hear it, but they were Kurama's friends, as well as his he supposed, and knew they only wanted to help.

"Kurama is having trouble identifying with himself." Genkai said after he was done.

"What do you mean?" Yusuke said. "He's Kurama and always has been."

"Yes, but he was the controller of Youko and Shuiichi. He is himself now and needs to make his own decisions and make his own choices." She said.

"You saying he didn't do that before." Kuwabara said.

"What I'm trying to say." She said. "Is that all the thoughts he had before, all the decisions and choices he made, were based off what was best for Youko and Shuiichi. What they wanted and needed. He didn't have to think or act for himself, he just did what was best for them, whether he liked it or not. He needs to block the other memories and make his own, he no longer has to worry about them." She finished, still seeing confusion in all their eyes.

"That's a mouth full." Yusuke said, rubbing his neck.

"He said you told him to ask for my help." Hiei said looking at the red head and running his fingers through his hair, he had sat at the red head's head.

The master nodded, saying. "I believe you can help him store the memories. Make them go away so he is not thinking about them all the time. Allowing him to remember when he needs to. He's going to have a hard time getting use to being just him, creating his own memories and making his own decisions, but I know with all of our help he will get through this." She paused, looking to each of them.

They all nodded in return.

"What can I do?" Hiei said.

"Just what I said, use your jagan, if you can, and help build walls in his mind, can you do that?" Genkai asked.

Hiei nodded and removed the ward over his jagan. Closing his eyes, he allowed the jagan to turn purple and placed his hands on either side of the red head's head.

Hiei gasped as Kurama's eyes shot open and they both screamed as their minds collided.

"Get out of my head." Kurama yelled.

"Why…I can help you." Hiei said.

"I do not want you to see what I have done, all the terrible things and you hate my ningen side…I do not want you to hate me." Kurama said, mentally pushing the fire demon.

"I don't hate you. Everything bad that was done was by Youko, not you. You need to let me lock those memories away. You no longer need to remember them and I could never hate you…I…I……love you Kurama…you the red head I came to know when I first met you…ningen emotions and all. Pl…please, let me do this for you." Hiei was trying to say what he felt. He hated his emotions. He was never good at expressing them.

Kurama mentally backed off and let the fire demon build his walls.

"I want you to sleep now, rest. Everything will be alright when you wake." Hiei said, pulling out of the red head's mind.

Hiei opened his eyes to see the others staring at him with concern. He placed the ward back over his jagan and said. "It's done, he'll sleep for awhile and then we'll see." He leaned forward as a dizzy spell washed over him, it always happened when he used his jagan to enter peoples minds.

Before he completely fell, Yusuke grabbed him and helped him lay next to Kurama. When he was settled, Yukina covered both of them with a blanket and they all left, allowing the two to rest.

End Chapter 15 (part 2)

Lyrics to the song: Tempt me (if you want to) – by: Vicki Thomas

You've got a pretty face, yeah such a beautiful face. I could talk all night, baby, I could talk to you all night.

But what do I see there…are they symptoms of love. When you're staring straight at me and saying yes to anything I'm thinking of.

I've been hurt, I've been hurt before…So wait a minute darlin'…look into my eyes now…I can't take no more oh no…

(Course)

You can tempt me if you want to…you can try to tear my heart apart. Tempt me if you want to…it's getting harder and harder.

Oh you talk about freedom…like it's the greatest thing going. And a fever shakes my body as I think about spending one more night alone.

Well they took it all away and left me on my own just one day. And now I'm free to do all the things I never even care about anyways.

I've been hurt, kicked around before…So wait a minute darlin'…look into my eyes now… there's go to be something more oh yeah…

You can tempt me if you want to…you can try to tear my heart apart. Tempt me if you want to…it's getting harder and harder to hold on.

You can tempt me if you want to, you can try to kiss my fears away. Tempt me if you want to, it's getting harder and harder.

I see you standing there. That look on your face. I feel my whole body shake…so wait a minute darlin' look into my eyes now. I can't take no more oh no….

Come and get me if you want to…just try to tear this heart apart.