A/N: A big thanks to BBVixenXoXo and Shadow Ice Maiden for reviewing.

Chapter 6

Kaytari was confused as to what to do at the moment. One option, was to go and ask Hiei what this was all about, and the other, was she could just put the rose in some water, finish cooking and just let the situation go. Of course she chose the latter.

"Well, now I have a reason to use this." She picked up a red and black swirled vase that sat on the windowsill above the sink. After filling it with water and placing the rose inside, she put it back and continued cooking.

In the living room...

"Hey, Hiei?"

"What do you want, detective?"

"Have you seen Kurama?"

"..."

Yusuke turned to look at him, only to find him glaring back. "Never mind.

Kurama pulled the key that Kaytari had given him earlier from his pocket and unlocked the door.

"She's in the kitchen." he heard Hiei say. "Yes, I gave her the rose."

Kurama smiled. He had to blackmail Hiei into giving Kaytari the rose. He knew Hiei wouldn't tell her it was from him, but he was worried about how Kaytari would react.

He stepped into the house, locked the door and made his way down the hall to the kitchen. Kurama stopped at the doorway and saw Kaytari turn slightly to face him.

"Welcome back."

Kurama nodded in response. "I see you received my apology gift." he said looking at the rose.

Kaytari followed his gaze to the rose. "...apology...gift?"

Kurama walked closer to her and noticed her puzzled look. "I wanted to apologize for Youko's actions, if they offended you in any way. " he stated.

Kaytari looked at him and saw the sincerity in his eyes. She smiled "Apology accepted. Now go tell your friends that dinners ready, I need to go set the table." She said waving a hand as she turned off the stove with the other.

"Please, allow me to set the table."

"Oh no, you don't have to do that."

"I know I don't have to, I want to."

Kaytari opened the cabinet and glanced at him "Really Kurama, it's fine."

When she turned to go toward the dining room he stood in front of her "Since I will be staying here, I do not mind helping out around the house."

Kaytari handed him the bowls. "So, I guess I'll tell them that dinner's ready.?"

He nodded and gave her one of the bowls back."Hiei doesn't eat human food."

"Why not?"

"He never told me."

Kaytari nodded and went in the living room to tell the guys that dinner was ready.

After dinner

Yusuke and Kuwabara thanked Kaytari for dinner, then said their goodbyes. Kaytari told them that they could over anytime as she walked with them to the door. After she let them out she came back in the living room to find Kurama sitting on the couch looking slightly annoyed, Daichi standing beside the couch with his arms crossed furrowing his brows at Kurama, and Hiei...well at the moment she didn't know where he was.

Her thoughts on Hiei were cut short when she heard Daichi yell.

"Answer me dammit!"

Kaytari looked over to Kurama only to find him standing and openly glaring at Daichi, with his fists clenched and blood dripping from his hands. She walked over to stand in between them. "What's going on? Daichi what did you ask him?"

Daichi didn't even look at her. "Go upstairs Kay."

Kaytari took a step back and looked at Kurama. She saw how hard he was trying to keep Youko in, and as much as she trusted Daichi's judgment, she wanted to help Kurama. Kaytari took two steps toward Kurama before she felt Daichi's hand on her shoulder.

"I thought I told you to go upstairs."

Kaytari turned around to face him, "Listen Daichi-"

"No you listen, everything that Koenma told you was a lie. He's not here to be your bodyguard, he'shere to keep spirit world infor--"

"That is not why I'm here."

"Then why are you here?" Kaytari cut in.

"I'm here to ensure your safety."

Daichi narrowed his eyes. "He's lying."

Kaytari turned around and put her hands on Daichi's chest "How about we talk about this more in the morning."

"No, he needs to leave."

"Daichi please--"

He grabbed her wrists "I said no." then he dropped them and looked at Kurama. "Get the hell out."

"He's not leaving."

"What?"

"You heard me Daichi, he's not leaving."

Kurama was surprised she was standing up for him. "Kay, you don't have to do this, maybe it would be best if I left."

"Kurama, do you want to leave?"

"No, but--"

"Alright then! Go in the kitchen and clean the blood off your hands." She then turned to Daichi. "And you can go to bed, get some rest and leave Kurama alone."

"Kay, I don't want--"

"Goodnight!" she yelled

Daichi made no moves to go upstairs, and Kurama was still in the living room. Kaytari gently pulled Kurama's arm. "Come on lets get you cleaned up"

Kurama nodded and let her pull him in the kitchen.

After Kurama washed the blood off his hands, he let Kaytari wrap them.

"You wanna go watch tv?"

"Sure."

Kaytari and Kurama went into the living room and sat down on opposite ends of the couch. Kaytari picked up the remote and held it out to Kurama.

"I'll watch whatever you want to watch."

He took the remote and started flipping through the channels. An hour passed and Kaytari couldn't hold in the question that had been bothering her.

"So was what he said true?"

Kurama looked down at his hands, but said nothing.

"Listen whatever it is, just tell me. I promise I won't hate you, I'm just tired of people keeping things from me."

Kurama turned off the television before answering "Koenma contacted me on my communicator and told me since I would be staying here, he wants me to keep a close eye on you. I have to keep him updated on almost everything you do."

"When did this happen?"

"During dinner."

"How did Daichi find out?"

He shrugged "He could have heard me talking to him."

Kaytari nodded. "I wasn't supposed to know?"

"No, and I would appreciate it if you would keep this conversation between us."

"Agreed. I...want to apologize for the way Daichi went off on you."

Kurama waved his hand. "No need, I completely understand. Youko however does not, he was the reason I lost my temper."

"But you did a good job staying in control." Kaytari said

"I suppose I did."

"I hope I'm not interrupting." Hiei said coming in the living room.

"Where the hell have you been?" Kaytari asked.

He sat down in the armchair closest to Kurama "Out."

Kaytari rolled her eyes, "Kurama what's gonna happen tomorrow? I mean with Daichi, you know he's still gonna be mad at you."

Hiei snorted "He'll have to get over it."

"Don't worry about it, I'll take care of it."

"How?"

"You ask too many questions. He said he'll take care of it, so just drop it" Hiei snapped.

Kaytari turned to Hiei and glared "I wasn't talking to you."

"Hiei, stop being so mean to her." Kurama said. "It would be safer if you handled this task." He then pulled a small bottle of blue liquid from his pocket and gave it to Kaytari. "While he is asleep, I need you to go into his room and make him drink this. It will erase the last four hours from his memory. When he wakes up, he'll think he went to bed early. "

She took it from him and looked at it. "I have to pour all of this down his throat while he's sleeping?"

"Yes."

"Alright."

Kaytari got up and walked out of the living room and up the stairs.

"Stop staring."

Kurama turned around and turned the television back on without sparing Hiei a glance.

5 Minutes later

Kaytari came into the living room and sat down beside Kurama. She saw Hiei was standing near the window and his jagan was glowing, she didn't even want to know what he was doing.

"That was faster than I expected."

"How long did you think it would take me?"

He appeared to be deep in thought "About thirty minutes."

Kaytari looked at Kurama and saw a smirk making it's way to his face. "Was that your attempt at a joke?"

"I believe so."

She lightly pushed his shoulder.

They watched television for a little while longer until Kaytari started yawning. She got up and stretched.

"I'm goin to bed, goodnight Kurama."

"Goodnight Kay, sleep well."

She walked up to Hiei "You're welcome to stay here if you want."

"..."

"Goodnight Hiei."

"Hn."

Kaytari figured that was as close to 'goodnight' as she was going to from him. So she went upstairs and into her room to get ready for bed.

Kurama turned off the television. "So, will you be staying here tonight Hiei?"

"Maybe."

"I'll be in my room if you need anything."

"Hn."

Hiei had planned to leave before the sun came up but he wanted to talk to Kurama about something before he left.

A/N: I know things have been going a bit slow, but I promise some exciting stuff will be coming in the next couple of chapters.