Warning: Shounen-ai (though you can take it as a friendship story)
Hello and thank you for reading this far. I am very pleased because I have been story alerted, this is much more monumental than one might think but I'm very happy to be faved again. Thank you to all who have reviewed so far! I love you all!
This story is the result of a challenge my Beta-reader picked out and she told me she thought it was perfect for Hiei. It is her opinion that I write better with Hiei. She sent me 10 challenges and this is number one on the list. I still have one chapter from a self-challenge that hasn't been posted yet (I write these in advance) so that at least 11 more promised chapters. To all you Yusuke fans out there, I can't seem to write with him, but I'll try.
After a week of writers block on this challenge I got inspiration while half-asleep Wednesday night.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Yu Yu Hakusho characters named here. They belong to Yoshihiro Togashi and Co.
Birth
Hiei had carefully stored his memory since he could remember; he had always been very self-aware. His first memory is of his birth, of leaving the loving warmth of his mother's womb and entering the cold and harsh world of the Koorime.
It was safe to say that Hiei's fondest memory of his mother was of the second-and-a-half he spent snuggled, warm and safe, in her arms. Before he was ripped from her maternal grip.
He was branded a Forbidden Child by the Village Elder. He was placed in a bare room, covered in wards and seals, for what seemed like (in his infant mind) years; he had no knowledge of the normal baby girl born after him. He was soon dropped off the cursed island of his birth.
Still, Hiei was not bitter.
He had somewhat developed the small habit of running his katana through demons who mention it. But he was over that for some time now.
When Hiei had first joined the Spirit Detective Team, the Detective, The Fool, The Infant, and The Ferry Girl had all mentioned his lineage either in passing or questioning. It was hard to miss (even for the Fool) with his hybrid demon energy. These people were the first to refrain from crude jokes about the implications of his birth.
Kurama was the first to never mention it without invitation. And so, he treated him as an equal.
As a person.
Sometimes Hiei wondered if the circumstances surrounding their births was the reason for their attraction.
This is the product of the Sophia Challenge List. This is Challenge number one.
Thanks Sophia for the wonderful compliments. (Sorry for those long Author's notes. Vetgirl1293 equals loser)
Review please!