Me: and here is the next chapter of Ice Heart! I no you've waited a long time, so all I'm going to do is put the disclaimer down and then I'll start writing, ok?

Disclaimer: I do not own Gravitation, but I do own Aoshi and other characters no one has heard of.

Faint lights of blue and pink and red shot from the windows as loud music found its way through the thick walls to the outside. Outside, leaning against the wall, was Aoshi with a cigarette in his mouth, puffs of smoke coming from his lips as he exhaled. He leaned his head back and tilted it to the side a bit, watching for someone to show up. Finally, that someone did. Shuichi rounded the corner and walked up to Aoshi, who stood away from the wall now. "The chain outfit," Aoshi said. "Nice. We'll have some fun a little later. Kay, babe?"

Shuichi nodded as he followed Aoshi inside. There were many people there, all with fox ears and tails that blended in with their hair, even if it was dyed. Shuichi's ear rose from the top of his head as his tail began to come out. His nails turned to clawed and he could feel a few of his teeth turning into fangs. The same thing happened to Aoshi. They stayed there, dancing, drinking, talking with some friends, until eventually they got bored of the party and went upstairs. They walked into a dark room with only a lamp and a bed big enough for the both of them to rest on inside of it. Shuichi went over and lied down on the bed as Aoshi locked the door.

Next Morning

The bright red sun light swept across Shuichi's face until it covered every inch. He felt the arms around his waist, holding him close to the body that laid behind him. Soft warm puffs of air patted against his neck before he turned his head a little to stare into golden eyes. "How long have you been awake?" he asked.

"A few hours," Aoshi replied.

"And you didn't get out of bed?"

"Why? You just look to peaceful when you're asleep for me to get up and leave the room."

"What time is it?" Shuichi asked as he slipped out of Aoshi's grip and put on his pants.

"Almost noon," Aoshi replied as he watched Shuichi dress before getting out of bed and dressing himself.

"You let me sleep for that long?"

"You seemed like you needed it," Aoshi stated with a smirk on his lips.

"I slept for almost ten hours," Shuichi grumbled under his breath. "That's a first." He slipped his jacket on before heading to the door. "I'm going to change into different clothing and walk around for a while," Shuichi stated.

"Alright," Aoshi said as he walked over to the pink-haired fox, wrapping his arms around his waist. "But I don't want that human near you."

"Fine," Shuichi said as he slipped away from Aoshi and went out the door while changing into his human form. He jumped from the second floor to the ground, landing on his feet and continued to walk out the door like it was nothing, which to him it wasn't. He doesn't really do that in public because it would cause suspicion, but he still did it around the other fox demons. He went back to his worn-down-on-the-outside home and walked into the closet to get some walk around clothes. He was now wearing a blood red shirt that said "You can't spell 'slaughter' without 'laughter'" in black letters and a pair of black slacks with zippers all over around it and red stitching, the kind you would find in Hot Topic, which it where he got it. He grabbed his trench coat that you expect a vampire to have and put it on before walking out the door, placing the barrier over the doorway as he walked out.

He earned a few whistles from complete female stranger as he walked down the street and into a bar. He sat on the stool and got the bartender's attention, making him look over to Shuichi. "Hey," he greeted. "Ice Heart, long time no see. Want the usual?"

"Yeah," Shuichi replied. A few second later, a bottle of the most expensive beer in the place was in front of him. "Thanks, Splinter." Most would look at him weird for getting a name like that and ask if it was given to him by his parents. He earned that name by acting like a thorn in the side, but 'Thorn' sounded too feminine, so everyone called him Splinter.

"No problem. What's a best friend for?"

"Was that a trick question?"

"Funny," Splinter stated. "So, how've you been? I haven't seen you for almost a year. Met anyone with something valuable?"

"Not really, but I did get myself a human. But Aoshi came along and took me back."

"Who was that human?"

"Eiri Yuki," Shuichi replied before he took a gulp a beer down his throat. What he didn't know was that Yuki was there also, and he was listening.

"You mean that novelist with the blonde hair and yellow eyes, doesn't look very Japanese, but he's full Japanese?"

"Yeah. How'd you know?"

"Some girls come in here with his books sometimes and talk about him a lot. You would be surprised at what I've heard. One of the things I overheard them say was that he got a boyfriend a few months back named Shuichi. You automatically came into mind, but then I thought, 'Nah, he wouldn't get too involved with a human', but you did. Fancy that."

"If Aoshi finds out that I'm attached to a human, he'll do the same thing to him that he did to my other humans that got too attached to me." He took another swing of the beer.

"Drain him dry?"

"Precisely. He ain't the only human I met that I'm getting attached to. I met this other guy who became one of my friends while I was disguised. Ever hear of Bad Luck?"

"Yeah. They're a new band and are already pretty damn close to being on the top."

"You're talking to the lead singer of that band," Shuichi stated with a smirk.

Splinter looked at Shuichi with wide eyes. "You're joking." Shuichi shook his head.

"That human I was talking about before I mentioned the band, he's the guitar player. He kind of reminds me of you, sometimes."

"You're replacing me with a human?" Splinter asked Shuichi with a mocking hurt expression on his face.

Shuichi lowered his head as he laughed at Splinter's humor. "Now why would I do that?" he asked when he was able to control himself enough. "My best bud is right in front of me and no one is taking his spot." He swallowed some beer from the bottle again before he placed his head on his palm.

Splinter noticed this. "You alright there, Ice Heart?" he asked.

"Yeah," he replied. "I'm just tired, have a headache, and I'm a little nauseas. Nothing to worry about."

"You sure?" Shuichi nodded. "Well, if you say so."

He looked up at Splinter, noticing the way he said the sentence. "What does that mean?"

"Well, the Red Sun does shine for the week, and you know what that means for our kind."

"I know all that. You're not thinking that I'm-"

"Thinking about it."

"Have you ever known me getting that condition?"

"Not really, but there is a first for everything."

"Splinter, you're saying stupid stuff again. I'm fine and there is nothing wrong with me. I'm just not having an easy morning. Aoshi wouldn't let me get to sleep until two in the morning, but he did let me sleep for ten hours. But before that, you have no idea how wasted we were from all the beer. I just have a bit of a hangover, that's all."

"Whatever you say."

"I caught that tone."

"Maybe it was meant to be caught." Shuichi reached over and smacked Splinter on the head, who was just laughing. "Come on, Ice Heart. You know I was playing around."

"I know. But you do push it sometimes."

"I know. Hey, you should come by more often when it's not the Red Sun."

"I'll try. You got a smoke on you?" Splinter pulled out a cigarette pack from his back pocket and handed a cigarette to Shuichi. "Thanks."

"Haven't been getting your smokes?"

"Nope," Shuichi replied as he exhaled some smoke form his mouth. "I normally smoke once a month, but since I got with Yuki, I haven't had one. And he smokes all the time. I was about to go insane."

"Why didn't you just smoke around him?"

"One: I was in disguise. Not even Hiro knows that I smoke. Two: don't you think he would find it strange that I would smoke only once a month?"

"You have a good point." Splinter turned around, grabbing something off of the shelf and tosses it to Shuichi. "That's for you. Try to smoke every now and then. If it'll keep you sane."

"Thanks, man."

"Anytime. And don't worry about paying for the beer. It's on the house."

"Since when did you become so generous?"

"What? My best friend just decides to come in here after disappearing for nearly a year. Can't I treat him nicely and act generous?"

"Only if you want something."

"I just don't want Aoshi coming in here and giving me hell because I was giving you a hard time."

"Since when do I tell him that you've been giving me hell? Teasing me, sure, but not giving me hell. And you will keep this conversation a secret from Aoshi, right?"

"You can trust me."

"I know, but Aoshi already suspects that I've melted for a human. I don't need his suspensions confirmed."

"Don't worry, my friend. I won't tell Aoshi a thing. Since when do I ever tell him anything, anyway?" Splinter asked as he wrapped an arm around Shuichi's shoulders.

Chuckling while removing the other guy's arm, Shuichi replied, "You never do." Shuichi placed the now empty beer bottle on the counter before standing up with the cigarette still in between his index and middle fingers. "I'm out of here. I'll try to stop by tomorrow, 'kay?"

"Okay. See ya later, Ice Heart."

"See ya." Shuichi waved to him as he walked out the door. Yuki stood up and went outside after him. Splinter noticed. He put it under the category of 'Not tell Aoshi'. When Yuki stepped outside, he looked around, trying to figure out which direction Shuichi went. He went left, thinking that was the way the teenager went. His arm was suddenly grabbed and he was pulled into the ally. "You really shouldn't follow me around," someone whispered into his ear. Yuki knew it was Shuichi. "It's a bad idea."

"What the hell is going on with you?" Yuki sternly asked as he pulled his arm out of Shuichi's grasp.

Sighing, Shuichi lowered his head, turning it to his left a little to avoid eye contact with the blonde. "I guess I can't hide things from you anymore." Shuichi quickly looked up at him and said, "But you have to promise that you won't tell anyone else!"

"Fine," Yuki said after a few seconds. Shuichi turned and walked off. "Where are you going?"

"Come on. We have to go somewhere else so in know that Aoshi won't hear about this. If he finds out, you're dead." Shuichi continued to walk away from Yuki. Sighing, Yuki followed him until they came to Shuichi's personal hide-away. "Aoshi gave this place to me. Everyone avoids it because of a legend. All the workers that used to be here mysteriously died one day. The part that scared everyone was that there was no blood in their veins. Aoshi was the reason for that."

"How can he do that?' Yuki asked.

Shuichi opened the door once he created a hole in the barrier so Yuki could pass through. "Come on in." Yuki went in after Shuichi and was a little surprised at how the placed looked on the inside, considering that it looked like a piece of junk on the outside. Shuichi slipped his trench coat off, tossing it to the side. "You have a lot of questions, but I may not have all the answers. I can try and answer them."

"What is going on with you?"

"It's the Red Sun." Yuki gave him a strange look. Sighing, Shuichi said, "Let's start with the basics. I'm not human. I never was, and I never will be. I'm a fox demon." He saw the shock wash over Yuki's face. "To be precise, I'm a hybrid fox. I'm half ice fox, half blood fox. My mom was the ice fox, and my dad was the blood fox. In legends about fox demons, not all of it is true. Every year, the Red Sun rises. It's like a calling card for fox demons. It's saying that it is a certain time of the year for us." Shuichi sat down on the bed and invited Yuki to sit next to him. He took the invitation.

"So what is going on exactly?" Yuki asked.

Shuichi tangled his finger together on his lap and lowered his head. "Fox demons are very different than humans more than you think. We do have different appearances, powers, illusions, and have a habit of stealing things we like, but there is something else that separates us form humans. All foxes, males included, can carry kids, but the males can only get impregnated during the Red Sun." Yuki went wide eyed. "Yes, you heard what I said and did not mishear anything," Shuichi growled. "It usually is a shock for humans to find out, that's why we never tell anyone."

"Okay," Yuki said uneasily. "Is that why you're with Aoshi?"

"I've been with Aoshi since I was five years old." Shuichi raised his head, leaning it back far enough until that he fell backwards onto the bed. "We met the same night my parents were murdered. He took me in when I told him that I didn't have any other family to look after me. He wasn't so cold-hearted then as he is now."

"What about the other people you were with in the past? You keep saying that Aoshi drained them dry. What do you mean?"

"I'm the only hybrid in this city. Everyone else in Aoshi's gang are blood foxes. Blood foxes are kind of like vampires, only they don't bite necks and there is no way to fight them off. Blood foxes can create blood, control its movements, and pull it right out of the very body. My past humans were too attached to me, so they followed me around, trying to get me back. But Aoshi finds out about them. He pulls their blood right out of their bodies through their pores, so they usually suffer. He is very protective of me."

"I can tell. Okay, what's with the nickname?"

"Ice Heart?" Shuichi asked, making sure that was what Yuki was asking about. When he saw Yuki nod, he sighed. "I earned that name because I act cold to everyone. Splinter and Aoshi are the only ones that ever see me when I'm not cold-hearted. I got this way because of all the deaths. I blame myself for them. My parents and the humans that I tricked in the past. I blame all their deaths on me, so I practically froze my heart so no one would come that close to me again, or would ever let me close to them. Then you came along." He turned his head to look at Yuki straight in the eyes as Yuki looked down to him. "The reason why I said that I was melting for a human was because of you." He rolled over onto his side, facing his back to Yuki.

"Most of the things you are saying makes no sense."

Shuichi shot off the bed, looking directly at Yuki's eyes with a dangerous glare. "You don't believe me, do you?! Do you want proof to know that what I'm saying is not a lie?!"

"Shuichi, settle down."

"No! If you want proof, all you have to do is ask." Shuichi sharply turned around on his heels and went over to a cabinet on the all that Shuichi had put there when he first got the place. He swung the doors on it open and grabbed a vial dilled with a thick red liquid. He tossed it to Yuki, who caught it with ease. "That's the blood of one of my past humans. Blood foxes can use blood as a weapon even when it's outside the body."

"Why do you have their blood?"

"Don't ask that again," Shuichi said as he went over and took the vial out of Yuki's hand. Shuichi felt it freeze in his grip as ice started to form on the glass and the blood turned as hard as ice. "That's an example of my ice powers. I'm more dominant with my ice that my blood powers." He held the vial with two fingers in front of Yuki so he could see. "Believe me now?"

"Maybe."

"You want me to change into my other form, don't you?" He didn't bother waiting for Yuki to answer, he just changed anyway. His human ears disappeared to be replaced by a pair of fox ears as a tail sprouted from his backside. "What else do you want for me to prove that I'm not lying?"

"I never said you were."

"You're acting like it, Yuki. I can sense it. Just like I can sense that fact that you are unsure. Funny how nothing scares you. Most humans would be on the verge of passing out in shock when they come face to face with a demon, no matter what species it is." Shuichi cocked his head to the side a little before saying, "But you don't look very surprised. How come?"

"Maybe because I thought that there was something different and strange about you."

Shuichi started to laugh at what Yuki said, making the blonde look at him weird. "You're the first human to ever notice how different I am. All the others were too dense to figure out that I was not human. I even gave away hints and they didn't get it. You are a very smart human, Yuki." He bent down until his face was level with Yuki's. "That is one of the many reasons why I like you. Another reason is that you are so irresistible. One of the most attractive humans I have ever seen, no doubt." Yuki gave him a blank look. "What's wrong? Am I making you uncomfortable?"

"Not really," Yuki replied as he laid back.

Shuichi climbed onto the bed, laying next to the blonde human. He swished his tail around, making it brush against the exposed skin of Yuki's stomach, causing it twitch a little. He buried his face into Yuki's neck, inhaling deeply before letting out a loud sigh. "You hate me now, don't you?" he asked quietly. Yuki looked at him out of the corner of his eye. "I can understand if you do. Someone you thought you can trust, that you knew everything about, and then something like this happens. I can understand if you hate me and don't ever want to see me again."

"Who said I hated you?"

"It was something Aoshi once told me. 'Never tell a human about being a fox demon if you and the human are close, which I hope will never happen. He would hate you and never wish to see you're face again.' That's what he told me."

"I think you listen to that guy too much," Yuki said as he placed his arms under his head.

"What he says is normally true," Shuichi stated as he removed his face from Yuki's neck, only to rest his entire head on the blonde's chest. "That's why everyone listens to him. He's the boss of our little gang." Shuichi laid his arm over Yuki's stomach, locking fingers with the blonde's hand once he found it. He looked up at Yuki's face before asking, "You don't trust him, do you?"

"No."

"He's not all bad," Shuichi stated as he looked at his hand locked with Yuki's. "He's just overprotective. But I would choose you over him any day. And if he found that out, he would probably kill you. I know you can take care of yourself, but I highly doubt you ever went against a blood fox."

"To tell you then truth, I never even thought demons existed until now."

"Most humans don't."

Yuki tilted his head down to look at Shuichi, who was staring at their linked hands. "Why tell me and not Hiro?"

Shuichi turned his head to look at the blonde. He didn't answer, but he did smirk.

Me: I'm ending it here. now u all no what's going on and things like that. R&R everyone!