ARGH! I am SO sorry for the long wait. I really meant to update before this, but I had the WORST case of writers block…even though I have this story all outlined, I just couldn't get the words to flow, you know?

Anyways, I suppose it's alright, because the update is here, and all is right with the world. More notes to follow at the end of the chapter.

So, sit back, settle in, and enjoy the update!

NOTE: THIS CHAPTER WILL CONTAIN MILDLY GRAPHIC YAOI. IF THIS MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE IN ANY WAY, DON'T COME CRYING TO ME IF YOU READ IT ANYWAY AND SAW SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T WANT TO. YOUR LACK OF DISCRETION IS NOT MY PROBLEM.

Majikku no Seirei: Chapter 9
The Saturday of October 23rd dawned crackling with the excitement of Hogwarts students third year and above, and it was easy to see why: it was a Hogsmeade weekend.

The sixth years, of course, were especially eager—upon entering sixth year, students were allowed to remain in Hogsmeade overnight, provided they were back in school promptly at 1:00 Sunday afternoon. There were always a few students who played it safe, and returned to Hogwarts overnight, but the majority of the students stayed in town, enjoying the wizarding nightlife.

Now, if you were a sixteen-year-old given overnight freedom from boarding school, would you take it?

You had damn well better believe it.

Harry stretched, happily inhaling the crisp autumn air. "I missed it here."

Ron nodded, munching on his Honeydukes purchases. "I couldn't agree more, mate." He swallowed a mouthful of chocolate at a glare from Hermione, and continued. "Makes you feel right and jolly again, doesn't it?"

Harry grinned. "Couldn't have said it better myself."

Hermione checked her watch. "Lunchtime. How about the Three Broomsticks for a sandwich or two?"

Brightening, as always, at the mention of food, Ron and Harry readily agreed.

The Three Broomsticks was already full with the lunchtime crowd, but they managed to secure a small table at the back. A rather flustered waiter brought them butterbeers and told them he'd be back shortly before hurrying off.

"The poor thing;" Hermione sighed. "He must be dreadfully busy."

Harry shrugged. "He should have thought of that before signing up to work at the most popular restaurant in town." Something caught his eye, and he craned his neck, trying to see over Ron's head. "Is that Professor Renton?"

Hermione squinted. "I'm not sure—get down, Ron—I think so." She stood up. "Should we go and say good morning, do you think?"

"I dunno…" Harry eyed the crowd. "We'd lose the table for sure."

"I'll stay here, if you want;" Ron offered. "You can go talk to him."

Hermione smiled at him. "That was rather generous of you, Ron." She glared at him. "But don't dare touch my drink."

"Right, 'Mione." Ron said sulkily.

"Professor Renton?"

Professor Renton glanced up from his drink and grinned. "Harry, Hermione. What are you doing here?"

"We're getting lunch." Hermione said, smiling back at him. "Are you waiting for someone?" She motioned to the chair across from him.

"Oh, that—yeah." He gave them a sheepish smile. "I'm waiting for my girlfriend, but I'm beginning to think she stood me up."

"No one stood you up, Lance, I'm right here."

Professor Renton bolted to his feet, and Harry and Hermione turned.

The woman standing behind them looked around Professor Renton's age, maybe a year or two younger. She was wearing semi-dark sunglasses, and had pure, red hair pulled back into a ponytail. She was pretty—but Harry had assumed she would be. She would have had to have been, to hold Professor Renton's attention.

The professor in question had moved around the table to the woman. "Hey, baby." Grinning, he leaned down and kissed her on the cheek. "I was beginning to worry you couldn't find the place."

She smiled at him. "Don't worry, I just followed the masses." She looked at Harry and Hermione. "Students of yours, Lance?"

"Yeah—this is Harry Potter, and Hermione Granger." He motioned to them each in turn, meeting their eyes. "Guys, this is…Katie Slattery, my girlfriend."

She glanced at him, and smiled at the two teens. "It's a pleasure."

Hermione caught the hint. "Well, it was nice meeting you. We've got to be going, our friend will be worried." Waving good-bye, she grabbed Harry's arm and pulled him away.

With the two students out of sight, Kurama glanced at Lance. "Katie Slattery?" He asked, using his normal voice rather than the slightly higher-pitched one he used for "Katie".

Lance grinned, taking a seat. "It was the first name that came to mind. I dated a girl named Katie once."

"I see." Kurama remained standing, arms crossed over his chest.

"Still…I can't believe you actually pretended to be a girl." Lance's grin grew, and his eyes trailed up and down Kurama's body. "Love the jeans. Your ass looks great."

Kurama nearly twitched. "Blunt, aren't you?" He sat down across from Lance, reaching over to take the cherry from Lance's drink. "May I?"

Lance raised an eyebrow. "You're not going to do anything obscene to it, are you?"

Kurama smirked, plucking the stem from the cherry. "You'll see." He put the stem in his mouth and, thirty seconds later, pulled it out. Three knots were tied into it in a neat row. He placed the stem on the table between them.

Lance, for a change, looked to be at a loss for words. "Shit." He looked up at Kurama and grinned again. "If that's what you can do with cherry stem, I can't wait to see what you can do with a—"

"Excuse me sir, ma'am;" They glanced up. Their waiter was back, a pen posed above his notepad. "Have you decided what you're going to order?"

Lance glanced at Kurama, then back at the waiter. "Sorry, we're going to need a few more minutes."

The waiter nodded and walked away. Kurama looked at Lance. "Saved by the waiter."

Lance raised an eyebrow, and then looked back down at the cherry. "Seriously, how did you do that?"

Kurama flicked his tongue over his lips, smiling smugly. "Practice."

"On what?"

"Oh, little things here and there." Kurama sat back, tucking a few escaping red locks behind his ear. "Anyway, are we going to order lunch?"

"Yeah, sure." Lance handed Kurama a menu, but didn't pick up his own. "So, are you staying overnight?"

Kurama shrugged. "I'm not sure. I'd have to get a room somewhere, and I don't have a lot of spare money."

"I've got a room upstairs here."

Kurama glanced up. "This place is an inn, too?"

Lance cocked an eyebrow. "You didn't think it was a three-story restaurant, did you?"

"I hadn't thought about it. You're staying here, then?"

"Yeah. And you're welcome to stay with me, if you'd like."

"Oh, really?" Kurama didn't look up from his menu. "Are the turkey sandwiches any good?"

"You're either ignoring me, or you're blind to very obvious advances." Lance reached across the table, taking hold of Kurama's chin and tilting the redhead's face up. "Which one is it?"

Kurama smiled, leaning into the touch. "Maybe I'm just playing hard-to-get."

Lance smirked. "So you admit to having some interest in me."

"When did I say that?" Despite the indignant tone, there was mischief glinting in Kurama's eyes.

"You didn't. But I can tell." Lance glanced at the menu that was only barely staying in Kurama's semi-slack grip. "Aren't you still hungry?"

Kurama shook his head. "No, not really."

"I see." Lance pulled his hand back, grabbing Kurama's instead. "Then should we go upstairs?"

Three blocks away in the Hog's Head Bar, Hiei, who had reluctantly agreed to accompany his dorm-mates on the trip into town, was silently cursing the decision to do so.

"Don't be so down on it, Jaganshi." Blaise said, slinging an arm over Hiei's shoulders. "Why are you so depressed, anyways? I would think you'd fit right in at a place like this."

Hiei glared at him. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

Blaise caught the hint and backed off. "Uh…nothing, mate."

Hiei gave him the benefit of the doubt, and answered the blonde's earlier question. "I don't like…crowds."

"In that case, it's a good thing we didn't go over to the Three Broomsticks;" Draco said, returning to the table with a case of butterbeers and handing them out. "Don't take two, Greg, if there's extra, we'll sneak them back into school with us."

Gregory, who had been inching towards one of the remaining beers, sulkily pulled his hand back.

Draining half his bottle in one swallow, Vincent looked at Hiei. "They're not poisoned, Jaganshi."

"Hn;" Hiei muttered, taking a careful sip. To his surprise, it wasn't all that bad—nothing like the disgusting beers he had seen Kuwabara's sister drinking.

"Do you like it?" Draco asked, looking at Hiei over the rim of his own bottle.

"Hn;" Hiei admitted grudgingly, deciding that these teenagers weren't worth multi-syllabic conversation. 'Dammit. Where's Kurama when I actually have the opportunity to talk to him? Stupid idiot kitsune...' He continued along that train of thought for a good five minutes, fuming silently and drinking his butterbeer.

Blaise, Vincent, and Gregory looked from Draco, to Hiei, and back again.

Draco rolled his eyes. "Don't look at me. I don't know what he's thinking, either."

"You know;" Kurama murmured, detangling himself from the warm lips pressed against his own; "we could get into a lot of trouble for this."

Lance grinned, pulling back and leaning his head at the junction of Kurama's neck and shoulder. "Yeah, we could. But that just adds to the excitement, right?"

Kurama smiled, cupping Lance's jaw in his hand and kissing him. "Mm. I guess so." The kiss was broken sharply when he felt himself being lifted off the ground, carried for a brief distance, and then dropped gently onto a bed. Lance sat down on the bed as well, rolling over to straddle Kurama's hips. Kurama looked up at him, pushing his hair out of his eyes with the back of his hand. "Eager?"

Lance leaned down, forehead-to-forehead with Kurama, and said softly; "Damn right, I'm eager. I've had my eye on you since you first ran into me. Literally, I might add."

Kurama frowned. "That wasn't my fault. I got lost."

Lance grinned, kissing him. "You weren't supposed to be running in the halls;" he said when they parted.

"I was late for class." Prepared for the next kiss that came his way, he responded, twining his arms around Lance's neck and pulling him closer. The deepening of the kiss seemed to almost startle the older man, but Lance slid into the kiss, angling his head to get deeper into Kurama's mouth.

When Kurama pulled Lance's hair gently, indicating that he needed air, Lance reluctantly pulled away. Kurama let his head fall back, gasping for air. Lance smirked. "Hey, I must be pretty good. We've only been kissing, and I've already got you out of breath."

Kurama glared up at him. "I…wouldn't be…if you had let me…breathe sooner."

Lance tilted his head to one side. "If you needed to breathe, why didn't you say something?"

"I couldn't, you had your tongue halfway down my throat." Kurama pouted, but his eyes were sparkling.

Lance leaned down, running his tongue over Kurama's lips. "You're hot when you're pouting. Keep that up, and you're not getting out of this bed for awhile, even if I have to handcuff you here."

Kurama's tongue flicked out, gently touching Lance's before withdrawing as his lips curved into a smile. "I can assure you, handcuffs won't be necessary. I'd be perfectly glad to say of my own accord."

Lance looked surprised. "Seriously?"

Kurama's eyes narrowed in suspicion. "Yes, seriously. Is that a bad thing?"

"Fuck, no!" Lance kissed him. "I just wasn't expecting it." Moving his lips from Kurama's own down to the redhead's neck, he murmured "Are you sure?"

He felt Kurama's head nod. "I'm sure, just…" he trailed off, as if not sure how to phrase his thoughts.

"Just go easy? No problem." Giving Kurama a reassuring smile, he returned his lips to the heated flesh.

"So;" Ron said around a mouthful of turkey and wheat bread, "'oo as at ady w't Pro'essor 'Enton?"

Hermione looked at him in discuss. "Please swallow that before you speak again."

He did so. "Who was that lady with Professor Renton?"

"His girlfriend;" Hermione set her fork down at the edge of her salad plate, thinking. "Katie somebody-or-other."

"Was she hot?"

"Ron!"

He ducked a swing from a half-full butterbeer bottle. "Sorry, 'Mione. But…" He looked over at the table their professor had occupied. "They aren't there anymore?"

Harry sat up straight, trying to get a glimpse of them. "Where do you suppose they went?"

"I think I saw them go upstairs." Hermione said mildly, picking up her fork again.

"Really?" Harry set his sandwich down. "What for, do you think?"

Hermione flushed. "Well…they are adults, and they are in an adult relationship, so…"

Ron grinned. "Give the poor girl a break, mate."

Harry grinned back. "I guess. Sorry, Hermione; we had to do it." He picked up his sandwich, taking a hearty bite. "I hope this doesn't disappoint Kurama, though."

Ron frowned. "Why would it?"

"Well…" He leaned forward, beckoning them closer. "Don't tell anyone, but I think Kurama has a crush on Professor Renton."

Ron shot back. "What? Why would you think that?" He yelped.

"Shut up!" Harry hissed. "And I think it because…well, I always catch Kurama looking at Professor Renton, and they flirt with each other all the time."

Hermione put a hand over her mouth. "But…that's illegal! A student and a teacher…they could get in so much trouble!"

"I didn't say they were doing anything!" Harry said quickly. "I just think Kurama likes him, that's all."

Hermione looked thoughtful. "Well, I can see why he'd like him…Professor Renton is very good-looking…"

Ron cleared his throat. "Am I the only one here taking into consideration the fact that they're both guys?"

His question was met with two sour looks. "I'm disappointed in you, Ron." Hermione said, and looked it. "That's a very closed-minded viewpoint."

"She's right, mate." Harry agreed. "That's pretty shallow."

Ron rolled his eyes. "I didn't say there was anything wrong with it. I was just commenting on it."

Hermione chewed a bite of lettuce thoughtfully. "Professor Renton does seem to flirt with Kurama quite a lot, doesn't he?"

"He flirts with everyone, Herm;" Ron said, taking a bit of his sandwich. "Don't think too much, or no one'll ever ask you out. Hey Harry, could you pass the salt?"

Youko Kurama was famous throughout the Makai for his skills as a lover. Sixteen years in a human body might have suppressed his abilities, but it hadn't dulled them, not by any means. If Kurama's hands shook when he returned Lance's touch, it wasn't for fear. All intelligible thought seemed to abandon him, leaving him with the sound of his heartbeat in his ears and the arousing feel of hot skin against hot skin.

Only when one of Lance's fingers slipped inside him did he gasp, unwanted memories of horror catching him in their firm grasp. Short, brown-blond hair darkened until it was black and falling around him, tanned skin paled, the blue eyes gazing down at him shifted to an icy violet. Kurama cried out, his nails digging into Lance's skin. 'Not again not again not again...'

"Kurama? Are you okay? Hey, talk to me here!" The worried tone shook him out of his memories and brought him back to the present. The violet eyes were blue again, and were looking at him with concern. "Hey. Are you alright?"

Kurama took a breath and slowly let it out. "I'm alright;" he whispered. Reaching up to wrap his arms around Lance's neck, he said softly "I'm okay. Keep going."

'Not again not again not again...'

Hiei started at the sudden mental pulse. The bottle of butterbeer he was opening sloshed over his hand, and he cursed under his breath. Picking up a napkin and drying off his hand and the bottle, he frowned. 'That was Kurama's voice.' It wasn't the fact that Kurama's thoughts had mingled with his that concerned him. No, it was the absolute terror in the kitsune's mental voice. Cautiously, he reached out mentally for Kurama's mind. "Kurama?"

Kurama's voice, sounding content and slightly exhausted, answered him a moment later. "I'm sorry, Hiei. I didn't mean for that to happen."

"Don't bother. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Hiei would have pressed Kurama for answers, but the other Slytherins were giving him looks. "That's all I wanted to know. Watch your mental slip-ups, fox, or someone else might hear them." "What are you looking at?" he snapped.

Draco's reply was a raised eyebrow. "You just jumped up out of nowhere, and then you spaced out. Talking to the voices up here?" He tapped the side of his head.

"Hn." Hiei muttered, taking a sip from his now half-full bottle of butterbeer. "You know, it takes a psycho to know another one. And my voices could beat the shit out of yours any day."

"I'm going to take the fact that you're still out of breath as a compliment."

Kurama, still struggling to take in full breaths, looked up at him through sweaty bangs. "Shut up. I haven't done this in awhile."

Lance grinned, but there was a spark of concern in his eyes. "You sure you're alright?"

"I'm fine." He pushed his bangs off his face with the back of one hand. "I'm just a bit tired."

"'A bit tired' doesn't take twenty minutes." They remained in silence while Kurama got his breathing back under control.

Finally, the redhead sighed, propping himself up on one elbow and looking Lance in the eyes. "So, now what?"

Lance shrugged. "I don't know. I'm kind of hungry, actually. We skipped lunch, remember?"

Kurama mock-glared at him. "You know what I mean."

"Well, we're obviously not going to prance around the school and preach it to everyone that we're together."

Kurama raised an eyebrow. "So we're going to be sneaking around?"

Lance nodded. "Probably."

Kurama considered for a moment, and then a very Youko Kurama-like smirk curved his lips. "Just what I was hoping for."

"Well then, if we've got that settled—" Lance dropped a kiss to Kurama's lips and stood up, pulling on his pants and hunting around the room floor for his shirt.

Kurama peered over the side of the bed at him. "What are you doing?"

"I told you, I'm hungry. I'm getting food." He grinned. "You want me to bring up something for you?"

"A salad's fine. Something vegetarian." Kurama snuggled under the sheets.

"Taking a nap?"

"Just catching a few minutes of sleep before you get back. I have the feeling that once you do; I'm not going to be getting much sleep tonight."

"You know what's a bit odd, though?" Hermione said as she, Ron, and Harry headed back to the castle that night. "I didn't see Kurama all day."

Harry shrugged. "He mentioned something about going at night to check out the Hogsmeade nightlife. I don't see why we didn't take a hint from him. It probably would have been fun."

Hermione raised an eyebrow. "Because none of us have spending money for a room at an inn. Kurama probably does."

Ron sighed. "Some people have all the luck."

Harry nudged him. "Cheer up, mate. Maybe we can stay over next time."

"Harry's right;" Hermione agreed. "We can pool our money next time and rent a room."

Ron grinned. "A room? For the three of us?"

Hermione rolled her eyes and gave him a light knock on the head. "Don't be a pervert, Ron." She tucked a lock of hair behind her ear and continued; "And anyway, if Kurama wants to stay overnight by himself, that's his business."

"He's a weird guy. He spars with Slytherins, has crushes on teachers, and stays out all night." Ron gave an exaggerated sigh. "Dear Kurama, why oh why couldn't you be a girl?"

Even though he laughed along with Ron and Hermione, Harry couldn't help but think. 'Kurama's not just weird. He's got some secrets.'

One would think that someone with Harry's experiences at snooping would have learned a lesson.

One would think wrong.

'He's got some secrets, and I'm going to find out what they are.'

Ending Notes: Okay. I know all the Hiei x Kurama fans are pissed as HELL at me right now. And I know you're sick of hearing this, but I have to ask you to bear with me. The HxK is coming. I promise. I swear it on the life of my cat. And I love my cat. I can't tell you when the HxK goodness will be exactly, but I promise it's coming.

Also, I know this chapter was kind of choppy and rough. I don't mean for it to be a filler, but Lance and Kurama had to hook up, Hogsmeade was dying for an entrance, and I didn't want the chapter to be ALL Lance and Kurama.

And for everyone who hates Lance, I'm sorry. You'll have to tolerate him for now. Hiei beats him out in the end, don't worry.

Reviewer Responses:

Cattibrie393: I know it was. I was berating myself. Sorry if you thought I misinterpreted you, and I'm glad you like how Hiei is.

Bluespark: Aw…Poor Professor Renton! He's so misunderstood…actually, I don't like him either, but he's necessary. Every love needs a challenge. And Lance is the challenge. Don't worry about being blunt, you'll find that I am too. I'm glad you like Draco, and yes, Snape is a pain. I'm trying not to bash him, because I kind of feel sorry for him…Hehe. Yes, Hiei's anger is faked when it comes to Kurama. We all know he'd never hurt Kurama.

Lady Starlight2: Heh. No, I didn't drown. I'm sorry I took so long to update again. Glad you liked it, and here's another update for you. Forgive the wait.

EbonysDove: You're welcome. I always respond to my reviewers…I find they stick with you if you talk to them! Besides, I think it's a good thing that everyone knows that they're acknowledged and appreciated. And I SO appreciate you guys. And onto your review: FINALLY, someone who's NOT pissed at Renton for stealing Hiei's man (boy-toy? O.o). And yes, Renton is "a little convenient". He's what we like to call a "plot device". Heh. I'm not saying his only purpose is to hit on Kurama, but at the moment, that's all he's really good for. Kurama didn't have second thoughts about kissing Renton because a) he's not involved with Hiei at the moment, therefore he didn't REALLY have any reason to feel guilty and b) if YOU were being kissed by some really hot guy (I'm assuming you're a straight or bisexual girl, here), would YOU be thinking about your best friend? I know I wouldn't! I love your Youko reference. The sixteen-year celibacy gig is probably driving his Youko libido crazy. So yes, Youko is quite happy to finally get some action. Even if he was on the bottom. Hehe. Sorry, Kurama. I hope you enjoy the update, and review again!

Chelley Angel: Yes, Renton and Kurama. And now they're having sex. Isn't it GREAT? Read and enjoy!

rougeicepheonix: That little monkey is going to prove quite important in later chapters. Bakasaru, not Hiei. Although I suppose Hiei might be useful, too. Hehe. I hope this chapter lived up to your expectations.

darksaphire: DUDE! You're giving me peanut butter, jam, bananas, AND chocolate chips? YOU ROCK MY WORLD! -eats for a few minutes, then remembers that she's supposed to be answering reviews- Ahem. Sorry. Anyways, to answer your questions, this will eventually be Hiei x Kurama, and most of the emotional yaoi in the fic is Hiei x Kurama. However, a lot of the physical yaoi is Lance x Kurama. No, Lance is not a reincarnated Kuronue. Kuronue is going to be mentioned a bit more often, though. So if you love the insane bat, he's going to get almost a whole chapter all about him. About the fluff…um, I'm working on it. If you're looking for a purely fluff fic, I posted a fluffy Peace Maker Kurogane fic earlier today that you can read if you'd like. I'll try to squeeze some fluff into the next chapter for you.

Dreams of Goth: Why would I be pissed? The movie thing? Don't worry about it, it's a common mistake. Sorry the update wasn't that "soon"…I'm too lazy. But I'm trying!

Kami Anya: Ah, my long reviewer. Love you, as always:hugs: I'm glad you like Draco. He was a bit bitchy in this chapter, I'm afraid…I'm going to try to stop being so weird with him. I'm glad you like Renton. The general public seems to dislike him at the moment…and yes, physical yaoi IS a lot of fun, isn't it? Heh. You got a lot of physical yaoi in this chapter. I hope you liked it. And more Kurama-in-drag-ness. If you like seeing boys in drag, you're going to love what's coming up in the next couple of chapters. It has nothing to do with Renton, but there's a lot of cross-dressing, and that's all I'm saying. The detention thing will be coming in the next chapter. Saru-chan is becoming quite popular among the reviewers! I hope he appreciates it. Here's an update!

megaotaku: Of COURSE I remembered your birthday. But yes, it did help that you were on the phone with me ten minutes before. -giggle- Draco is a little quirky, yes, but all will be explained. The fanon/canon mix for Kurama, as well as the fanon/canon mix with Hiei (which isn't used quite as much, if at all, in this fic) is based off the Kurama from our RP, if you were wondering. A little more frisky than canon Kurama, to say the least.

Tsurishi Karandengu: Um…no, I don't think he's anyone you know. Unless you went to Hogwarts during the (currently) fictional sixth year, and you met him while he was hanging with the Japanese exchange students. But to answer your question, Lance is completely an OC. He's not Kuronue reincarnated, and if anyone was worried after reading this chapter, he's NOT Karasu reincarnated. I wouldn't do that to Kurama. I like it better when he has someone brand new to torment him…hehehe. I'm so evil.

Oya: The HxK is coming, I promise. Saru's a little troublemaker, as will be proven in chapters to come. And as for the Sorting Hat thing…argh, I HATE it when people get technical. Besides, Yomi had it coming. He wasn't pretty enough to be hanging around with Kurama, so Kurama got rid of him. It was good for business. Youko had an image to uphold, remember.

anonymous: :grin: If you want a fic with Kurama literally "stuck in the middle", I'd be happy to send you some. But I'm assuming you mean that in an emotional sense, in which case…well, what can I say? He's pretty. Who doesn't like him?

ineXpressible: How many times do I have to post this? The Renton x Kurama pairing is NOT, I repeat NOT, permanent! I PROMISE! Sorry about that, ineX. I'm just a little irked. People seem to skip over the author's notes…And I'm glad you enjoyed the update. Here's another one.

Mini-MoonStar: It's not rape if he agrees to it, Moon. And Renton's not going anywhere for awhile. Sorry. I hope you can still enjoy the story.

Geministarz: Yep, I'm American. But with Bush in power, I'm not sure how much longer I want to STAY American. Fucking Bush…-rants- Thanks for sticking with me.

Kankainiku: Hey Kai. Do mea favor and don't use my real name on the internet…My dad'll yell at me, and we all know how he gets when he's yelling…But I'm glad you like it. I'll call you when I get my phone privileges back. I'm grounded from the phone…

rurouniturtle: Hey, I'm trying. I updated. I'm just slow. I'm glad you liked it, though, and I hope you come back to keep reading. Did you ever update your nonexistent story?

dimonyo-anghel: Sorry, Kurama took the teacher. And you do realize that if they get caught, Kurama gets in trouble too, right? Just checking. Don't worry, the HxK will prevail.

JMJV: I'm glad you think so. And Kurama wasn't thinking much at all, I don't think. It's quite difficult to think with someone else's tongue in your mouth. As for Hiei finding out…let's all just hope he doesn't.

Well, please review, and I promise I'll update faster this time! Sayonara for now!