1Meanwhile, the guys came inside for a break but when they called for Yue, not a sound was heard. They all ran into Kurama's room to find him uncuffed, clothes off, and passed out. But instead of Youko Kurama, they found the sensible red head.

"Kurama! Where is she?" Kuwabara shouted, waking him up.

He murmured, "I dunno... where am I?"

"In the house. You went into heat when we got here," Hiei replied.

Yusuke asked how long the heat was supposed to last. "Three or four days," Kurama replied.

"Bu' it's on'y been abou' one day!" Jin exclaimed.

"Then I must have found relief..."

"Ye mean... Yue?"

"I don't know... I can't remember and Youko's not telling me anything."

Suddenly, the front door opened and shut quietly, the footsteps of Yue going all the way into the bathroom. She locked the door behind her.

"Ah guess tha' says it all. Kurama, ge' dressed, ah'll talk t' th' lass," Jin said, floating away.

Kurama folded his hands prayed that Youko didn't do anything wrong.

Out in the hall, the wind master was having difficulties on how to approach the subject. 'Okay... 'Allo, lass. Grea' day t'day. Ye didn' 'appen t' go into Kurama's room, undo th' manacles, and ge' yerself raped, did ye? NO! Tha's all wrong! If ah said tha', ah'd ge' a smackin' fer sure!' he thought, not even knowing that he was knocking on the door.

"Just a minute!" she shouted.

Several crashes and bams were made after that, followed by an "OW!" Finally, the door was opened and Yue stepped out. "Sorry about that... hope you didn't wait too long..."

"Um... is somethin' wrong? We foun' Kurama free an' got worried."

"I-I'm fine. Nothing to worry about," she replied, smiling.

Jin's face suddenly dropped. 'Such a sa' smile...' he thought, hugging her abruptly. He buried his face into her shoulder. 'Ah'm sorry ah couldn' protect ye, lass!'

"Jin...? Wh-what's wrong?" Yue asked, eyes wide.

He muttered, not letting her go, "'E got ye. Ah failed me mission... ah'm so sorry..."

"Listen, it's okay. I got... some stuff that should help this. Besides, Youko told me that the heat had passed so I started to take off the cuffs and got knocked out. When I woke up, I only felt a little sore... this has nothing to do with your 'failure.' I'm fine."

"Bu' yer sa'!"

"Only because it wasn't from love. I don't love Youko. That's the only reason."

Jin looked at her with water eyes.

Suddenly, Yue felt his hot lips pressed gently on hers, his sensuous tongue gliding over her lips.

Releasing her lips but still holding onto her, he asked, "Wha' if ah was t' tell ye tha' ah've fallen for ye?"

"I'd have to say that the same goes for me..." she whispered, smiling softly.

Jin giggled quietly. "Tha's th' smile ah was waitin' for!"

Yue wrapped her arms around him, bringing him closer, lips mere centimeters apart. She could taste his cinnamon breath mixing with her spermint.

BEEP, BEEP! She looked at her watch. "Damn timing..." she muttered, stepping out of his arms and into the bathroom.

Jin followed as she opened the cabinet and pulled out a weird looking stick. Standing up, she looked at the color. He put his head on her shoulder and stared at it curiously.

"It's red..." Jin said, confused as to why she was looking at it.

She smiled and threw it away. "It means I'm not pregnant..."

"Really? Ye can tell tha' by lookin' a' a stick!"

Yue laughed, "It's a pregnancy test. Red means not pregnant and blue means pregnant."

"Strange! So tha's wha' ye got when ye went out?"

"That and birth control pills," she admitted, turning red and away from him.

He wrapped his arms around her shoulders from behind and said, putting his face into her bluish hair, "Aw, c'mon... wha's th' matter? Yer not pregnant. Why're ye not lookin' a' me?"

"It's just kinda... embarrassing. Admitting to someone you like... that you were raped by someone they know. But I don't hold Kurama responsible. He was in heat and would have controlled himself if he wasn't Youko."

"Don' be embarrassed! B'sides, ah love ye no matter wha'!"

"Aw! That's so sweet!" Jin and Yue turn to see Yusuke falling over, laughing.

Jin hissed, "Don' worry, Yusuke. Someday, if Keiko ge's brain dead, ye'll 'ave somone too."

A heavy stillness shrouded the area as Yusuke sulked away, Jin and Yue following hand-in-hand.

They all go into the livin groom to find the others gathered there as if a meeting was about to begin. "Hey, Urameshi, why do you look so down?" Kuwabara asked stupidly.

"Jin slammed me after I made fun of him and Yue..."

Kurama declared, "That was not the plan, Yusuke! You were supposed to spy on them to find out if... it happened!"

"It did... th' lass got a weird stick test t' see if she was pregnant an' she got pills too," Jin said, eyes wide in child-like disbelief. (I know it needs more time but this is my story:P)

She went bright red, covering her face with her hands to shield her eyes from them. "Aw, it's okay. Jus' forget about it!" he declared, hugging her yet again, making her go even redder.

"Bu' Kurama... yer not allowed near 'her without me, got it?" Jin said, glaring slightly. Possessively.

He looked at the wind master n shock. "Huh? Jin... my heat is definitely over. For foxes, the heat either lasts for a few days or until we have our way with a female. Since Yue and I... well, you know... I've changed back and am no longer a threat to her."

"Don' care. Ah failed las' time t' protect Yue. Ah won' again. Ah love 'er an' nothin's going' t' change tha'," Jin said, hugging her even closer to him.

Kurama got angry then and said, "I understand that but what if she doesn't return your feelings?"

"But I do."

Everyone except Jin, who was still snuggling with Yue, turned to face her as she continued, "I love him as well. No one's going to change that, but I feared at first that he wouldn't love me back, that Youko would divide us. But he didn't and Jin and I are together."

"I-I didn't know..." Kurama mumbled. At that moment, he felt like the lowest piece of filth to ever grace the planet.

She got out of Jin's arms and walked over to the fox. Placing a hand on his lower chin, she brought his eyes to meet hers. "I blame you not so do not feel sad. Youko was merely a trial from me and Jin. It was a challenge from a higher place to see just how much we loved each other..."

Yue then turned back to Jin. "We won..."

Walking back, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.

Jin, suprised and sweetly dazed, placed his right hand on her lower back while his left went into her thick short mane, deepening the kiss.

"Get a room!" Kuwabara shouted.

They broke off the kiss and stared at him, giving him the evil eye.