Werefox

By: SanguineFox

Rating: PG-13 for now, I'm a little afraid to test the waters on this site...

Disclaimer: I have no ownership over any of the characters in this story

Author's Note: Begging for mercy: I'm so sorry! I had posted the last chapter as a cliff hanger because I only needed one more paragraph for this chapter, which is when my writer's block for this story set in while my original stories sky-rocketed. I needed one paragraph to connect two scenes and nothing seemed to fit right, so this is mostly a rewrite of what I had originally pictured. So if it doesn't make sense I'm sorry, just let me know.

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Chapter 7: Choices?

"Shuuichi?" Hiei called out to his friend. The park was extraordinarily dark for the fact that there was a full moon and a sky full of stars despite all the light pollution the city created. The trees seemed to enclose even more about the teenage boy as stood in what became very familiar territories.

"This way, Hiei."

"What's going on?"

"I have to… confess something to you…" he mumbled out lightly, "but I need to know the truth first."

"W-what?"

"Do you love me?" the tall shadow seemed to back further into the forest.

"Why do you need to know that?"

"Please tell me," he almost seemed to beg.

"Y-yes."

"Yes?"

"I…I love you."

"And what about me?" a familiar voice joined in as Hiei followed his beloved's shadow deeper in, between the tall trees, narrowly missing the shrubs and branches threatening to trip him.

"K-Kurama? What's going on? Is this some kind of joke?"

"No, Hiei," Shuuichi's sweet and tender voice was back again.

"Then what is going on?" he demanded, anger in full force.

"Do you love me?" the fox repeated.

"I- y-yes, I do."

"I love you, too, Hiei," Shuuichi appeared before the shorter teen.

Hiei barely took notice as lights seemed to magically appear to give him a better view of the lovely redhead. "Shuuichi…" he felt the need to instantly cling, in case the fox became jealous and tried to separate them, but he was surprised with the lush lips that reassured him that all of his feelings for him were reciprocated in full.

"Wait here," the redhead pulled back, and slid into the shadows surrounding them and the light died down once again.

"No, Shuuichi, you don't understand…" he reached out only to grab at nothing.

"I have to ask you something," he was apparently starting to circle the smaller boy.

"I'll answer just stay out of the shadows!" he nearly begged, trying to keep on guard if Youko did suddenly become very angry.

"Hiei… love…"

The teenager was so confused as he listened to his friend's voice slipped from the soft alto to the deeper tone, which he knew vibrated in his muscled chest.

:Will you love all of me:

"K-Kurama? Fox?" Hiei stumbled back as the pretty silver animal approached him and sharp golden eyes stared up at him.

:Yes, love:

"What is going on?" he took notice of the flowers that were lighting the little clearing, and his heart raced when he couldn't see his friend anywhere.

"Hiei," Youko crawled over him, kissing him sweetly, "I love you… all of my aspects are completely in love with you."

"Aspects?"

"You know all of them…"

Hiei felt his chest tighten as he watched almost in horror as the demon melted into his beloved redhead.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth," Shuuichi placed a tender kiss on Hiei's cheek, "I didn't know how you would take it… if you would accept me… You were so nice to me when you were small, and I fell in love with you as played with your sister and ran about with her, playing games. I don't think that you understand how beautiful you are when you smile."

"…Who are you?" Hiei met the golden green eyes.

"I am your best friend and lover," he stroked the other's cheek tenderly, "I love you more than anything Hiei. I'm sorry I was too cowardly to tell you before."

"…I don't understand," he was still too stunned to move, he wasn't even aroused as his friend ground into him harder.

"I am Shuuichi… I am Youko… I am the silver fox you found and fed when you were younger, I am the small child who you played with when we were little. I am your friend who loves you for everything you are. I am your loving fox, who wants to hold you for the rest of our lives."

"H-how are you both?"

"You… I wanted to be with you so horribly when you treated me so kindly, I wished to be with you… my wish came true, and I was allowed to inherit the body of my human mother's dying child."

"Y-you what?"

"It's not as frightening as it sounds…"

"Does Shiori know?"

"Yes… I've talked to her about it as a child when 'Shuuichi' was very ill and dying," the redhead leaned in and rested his head on the other's chest, "I told her who I was, and that Shuuichi was still alive within me… she accepted me as her own son."

"What do you want from me?"

"This has nothing to do with what I want from you. This is the fact that I love you, and want to be with you. Will you allow me to do so? I want nothing more than to love you, and if I'm fortunate enough, be loved by you in return."

Finally realizing that the fox had been waiting for a response from him, Hiei managed to raise a hand that he brushed his callused fingers over the soft, pale cheek, which glowed in the moonlight even though the luscious ruby hair was pouring over on either side of their faces.

"I don't know who I'm saying this to…"

A soft smile broke out on the other's once saddened features, "We are one in the same. There is no 'Shuuichi' without 'Kurama', and there is no longer a 'Youko' without the 'Human'."

"I… I need time," it almost killed him to see the sparkle in those large eyes suddenly disappear, "I'm sorry."

"It's fine, Hiei, I understand."

"No… It's not fine…" his fists balled on either side of him, "I want you to know that… that I care about you… all of you, but…"

"It's going to take some getting used to," the redhead stood before him with a genuine smile, "I do understand Hiei, and you should know that I love you, and I will wait forever and a day if it means being with you."

"Forever and a day?" his expression twisted a little.

"Don't ruin the mood, love," he warned lightly with a small chuckle, "Come, we should be getting home soon."

"It's obvious that you can change between your human and demon form at will, so why did you want to do this on a full moon?"

"It's more romantic," he stated matter-of-factly.

"See? I knew you just loved those damn sappy movies."

"Sh! Don't ruin the mood," the redhead laughed as they headed back to their homes.

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Although he hadn't actually managed to say the words just yet, Hiei and Shuuichi spent most of their time together the next few days. They were even a little playful during their lunch period.

"Shuuichi," Hiei grunted.

"What is it?"

"What do you think about the dance next week?" he pointed at a large, overly decorated poster decorating the cafeteria.

"W-what about it?" he turned a bright red as he stared at the shadowy figures depicted as dancing.

Through a full mouth, "Nothing, never mind."

"Hey!" he shouted, "give me back my sandwich."

Hiei smirked as he held the sandwich just out of the redhead's reach.

"Come on, Hiei. You're so mean," he pouted.

"Heh, yeah, but at least I'm not hungry anymore."

"Jerk."

"Um…" Yusuke looked between the two boys who were awfully close, "would you two like to be alone?"

"Heh," Shuuichi straightened himself quickly, "I'm sorry… Uh, Keiko… you were saying… something?"

"Actually Kuwabara was still talking about his date with Yukina."

"Oh! Right, of course… yes, I'm sorry… what movie did you see?"

"We didn't. We went mini-golfing. Are you alright, Shuuichi?" the tall carrot topped boy question who was supposed to be his smartest friend.

"I'm fine," he resisted laughing.

"You've been acting a little funny for a while now," Kuwabara accused.

"Have I? That's strange."

"Did you and Hiei finally fuck?"

"Yusuke!" Keiko hit her boyfriend on the back of the head, but the damage was done and Hiei and Shuuichi both seemed to be a having issues with choking.

"See? It's not just me," Botan told Keiko, "Yusuke saw it, too."

"Saw what?" Hiei demanded, scaring the blue haired girl a little.

"That you two were together," she spilled quickly.

"Well, of course," Shuuichi smiled knowingly, "Can you really picture Hiei with anyone other than me?"

"There were those rumors about the shrimp and Mukuro for a…" Kuwabara stopped when he felt the heavy glare of Shuuichi's emerald eyes threatening to burn a hole straight through him, "Never mind!"

"See?" Shuuichi smiled cheerily, but Hiei remained rather sullen looking as he studied his fox in human clothing. It didn't seem right to him that Kurama could fool everyone, even himself for so long about who he really is.

"What?" he shook his head as he realized that the redhead was trying to get his attention.

"I was asking if you wanted to come over to my place tonight."

"Um…" he looked around to notice that no one was near them, "where did everyone else go?"

"Lunch is over, love," he smiled sweetly, but there was a flash of gold in his large eyes. Was that always there? Or is Shuuichi just letting his guard down now because Hiei knew the truth.

"Oh… okay, I-I'll see you after school," Hiei stood. He now knew something about Shuuichi that none of their friends knew, and would probably never know about the redhead. There was a great weight of responsibility in holding this knowledge, but what did it all really mean?

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"You don't have to be nervous, Love," Shuuichi practically purred into Hiei's ear, "You can ask anything that you want."

"Are you really three separate entities in one physical form?"

"No, I'm just me. Granted I have rather different… freedoms… from my human and Youko state. I feel more comfortable doing whatever I feel like when I'm in my demon form."

"I thought you were just hornier," Hiei smirked holding on to the arms that were warped about his shoulders.

"No, unfortunately, I get just as horny in my human form as I do in my demon form, which has become quite problematic when you're around."

"Hn, really?"

"You really have no idea as to how hot you are, do you?"

"No, but I can feel how hot you are in my lower back right now," Hiei squirmed meaningfully, making the redhead behind him moan softly.

"Yeah, you tend to have that affect on me, my love," he shoved Hiei into the bed, straddling the boy's hips, a hungry growl rumbling in his throat.

Closing his eyes to focus on not just the fox or the redhead, but on the whole of the person that he cared the most for, "I love you."

With the brightest smile, the redhead could muster, he started to leave soft kisses all over Hiei's face, "Hiei."

"Shuuichi…"

"Hiei? Could you just call me Kurama? It's my natural name."

"Hn," the human nodded, "Kurama."

"Shuuichi, honey?" Shiori's voice called through her son's door.

"Y-yes, mother?" he practically jumped off of Hiei.

"…Are you two decent? I've bought some dinner…"

Hiei jerked, turning to Kurama slowly, "Are you kidding me? Your mom already knows?"

"What can I say? I picked a smart mother," he smiled with an innocent shrug, "We are completely clothed, mother!"

"Oh, good," the raven haired woman smiled as she entered with a tray of food for the young boys, "now eat up, you're both growing boys."

"Thank you, Mrs. Minamino, it looks delicious."

"Thank you, Hiei."

"Thank you, Mother."

"You're welcome, son," she started to leave but stopped in the door way.

"Is something wrong, mother?"

"…" she tossed a bag back to her son.

"What's this?" he opened the paper bag.

"Don't forget to use protection."

"Mother!" Kurama dropped the box of condoms on his bed.

THUD!

"Hiei? Are you alright?" Kurama tried to help his official boyfriend off the floor.

Shiori just giggled as she left the bedroom, "Good night boys, please don't make too much noise."

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"Good morning, sweeties, you're up late. How was your night?"

"… We need another box."

Shiori choked on her coffee.

"Well, we're running late for school, see you later mother!" Kurama grabbed Hiei's hand and ran out the door.

"Why did you tell her that?" Hiei huffed, "We didn't even do anything last night."

"It's called revenge, Love."

"What does your revenge have to do with me not getting laid?"

"Well, Hiei, if you really want to," Kurama stopped, pressing Hiei against a tree.

"You idiot," he looked away from the tempting lips, but his face started to go a bit red.

"It's too early. We should wait and be sure."

"You and your damn romantic notions."

"Come on," the redhead laughed, "or else we'll be late."

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TBC

I'm sorry, I know it's really short, but I've caught in quite the writer's block where my fanfics are involved. There is a bit more to this story, but it's still in the midst of being written, and I don't have too much time with my new school about to start so I thought that I would stop here so if you want you can think of this as the ending, but I promise that there will be more as soon as I can get around to it!

Oh! Sorry about the mistype, no, Keiko wasn't supposed to call him 'Kurama'. And if you think that Shiori is acting really funny, it's because I ended up basing her chaacter in this chapter on one of my original stories mothers, because it was the only way to get around my writer's block. Speaking of my writer's block... anyone have a sledge hammer?