Werefox

By: SanguineFox

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Yu Yu Hakusho.

Warning: Boy Love, still... not much action just yet. We're getting there, I swear... I think...


Chapter 8: Poor Young Love

A couple blissful weeks passed before Hiei began to question his relationship with the fox demon. It was no mystery as to why he was beginning to think hard about the Youko. That blasted crow demon had been slipping into Hiei's life when Kurama was busy with school or his family priorities.

"You don't mean anything to him, you know that, right?" the familiar voice scoffed from a nearby shadow in Hiei's way home.

"Leave, Karasu, you are the one that is nothing more than a servant to him."

"That may be true, but I will always be at his side," a slimy grin was plastered on his pale features, "You are nothing but a single drop in his expansive life. That's the good thing about being demon. We can live to thousands upon thousands of years before we even age. You humans… you are so weak that it is just pathetic. You think that you are so strong, and really you are for what you are, but you are still nothing more than a short lived human."

"Doesn't matter."

"So you won't mind that while you grow old, and your body begins to sah and then deteriorate, that the Youko will already be on the look out for another prospective mate the minute that your vital organs fail you if he does not insist on rushing it all himself."

"He will do no such thing," Hiei insisted, but he felt a pang of insecurity start to tighten in his chest, making it hard to breathe.

"How well do you think that you know him?" Karasu almost scoffed, "You couldn't even tell that the Youko was your beloved human, and the human was the sensual Fox."

"Leave, Karasu," he growled loudly this time.

"Ooh, did I hit a nerve?" he cackled.

"Leave now!"

"What do you think that you can do to get me to leave?" the crow smirked, finally allowing himself to be seen in the little light left in the empty street.

"I…" Hiei wasn't allowed to finish before a taller redhead slipped his arm about Hiei's shoulder.

"What have I told you about teasing my beloved?" Kurama pulled his boyfriend to him.

Karasu became silent, his glare falling on the demon in human form. There was a strange mixture of lust and hate in those intense eyes. With a huff the pale man disappeared into the darkness of the alley.

"I thought that he was in love with you."

"No, he is only in love with my demon aspect. He puts up and occasionally flirts with my human side to get a better chance, but he has absolutely no hope while I still have my beloved Hiei," he chuckled softly, nuzzling into his neck.

"And how long will that be? A bare moment in time?"

"What?"

"Kurama… you're immortal, aren't you?"

"…"

"I'll be nothing more than a mere memory in a hundred years, and you won't even have aged…"

"Hiei," Kurama shook his head, "it won't be that way."

"What will it be?"

"It's so far off that it's not worth thinking about. Look at me right now," he met those coppery brown eyes, "Do you see how much it is that I love you? I want to be with you, and no one is going to get in the way of that, not even Karasu, no matter how much he may try. You are the only one that I love, Hiei. You alone. Do you understand? Look at me, do you understand?"

"Yeah," he nodded solemnly, but was still having trouble meeting those emerald eyes.

"Don't think too much about the future. It will come as it will, and we will fight it together," Kurama kissed Hiei on the neck, licking at the tender skin once again.

"That tickles," he pulled away from the starved mouth.

"Sorry," the redhead blushed, realizing how much his desires actually burned in him.


"Welcome home, Hiei!" Yukina greeted from the kitchen as Hiei entered his home.

"Hello."

"Dinner will be ready shortly."

"Great," he was about to head upstairs to his room when he heard his aunt and sister start to giggle, "What is it?"

"Nothing," Aunt Ruri chirped quickly.

"What's going on?" Hiei asked once again.

"…" the two females looked at each other for a moment before bursting into a fit of giggles.

"What is so funny?"

"You have a hickey!"

"Shuuichi get a bit frisky?" the older woman smirked.

The girls could not keep their laughter to themselves.

Hiei just felt his cheeks turn a bright red before he clasped his hand over his neck and heading into his room. "Stupid redhead," Hiei cursed under his breath.


Later that night, Hiei was about to fall into his dreams of the redhead for the night when there was a light tapping on his window.

"What the fuck?" he glared at the clock blaringly telling him that it was just after midnight. He stumbled out of bed and pulled back his navy blue curtains to reveal a smirking redhead just waiting to be invited in.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Hiei growled, trying to keep his voice to an angry whisper, as he opened the window, "Do you know what time it…?"

Kurama lunged at him the moment the window allowed him, claiming Hiei's mouth in a sloppy kiss.

"Hey! Kurama, what are you doing here?" Hiei managed to push the redhead off of him.

"I couldn't wait until tomorrow to see you," he explained, sprawled on top of his boyfriend.

"This must be a dream," Hiei stared, unblinking at Kurama.

"Mm, are you enjoying it if it is?"

"Do you have to ask?" he snaked his arms about the slim waist. They kissed tenderly for some unknown time before Hiei opened his eyes again, but their location had changed, they were in the forest, but something wasn't right.

"I'm sorry, Hiei, but this is the end."

"What? But we were just…"

"You're just too… old…" he shrugged, obviously too disgusted to actually look him in the eye.

"Kurama," he reached out, but he looked at his wrinkled hand.

"It's time for me to move on," Kurama stood, towering over the old man in his immortal beauty.

"Kurama… don't," he coughed, barely able to stand, he was so weak... so tired, "don't leave me…"

"I told you," a voice cackled in the shadows, "it was only a matter of time before he grew tired of you, and moved on to better…"

"Kurama…" he tried to reach out once more but stumbled to the ground, heaving in pain and effort.

"Sorry, Hiei, I'm just tired of your… humanity."

"Kurama!"


The sun was bright on the short boy in the messy room, he sat up straight, trying to catch his breath, but he still felt like that old man in his dreams… the one that Kurama left behind.

"Hiei?" Yukina knocked politely on the door before opening it, "Are you alright?"

If he wasn't so depressed over his dream he probably would have smirked at Yukina's attempt not to cringe at the mayhem that was his room. "It's nothing… just a bad dream… I'll be fine…"

"Are you sure? Do you need anything? Like for me to clean your room?"

"I'm fine… I'll be going out for a bit…" he stood from the floor he had fallen on to near the end of his nightmare.

"…Okay," she watched, rather worried, "You know that I'm here if you need anything, right?"

"Yeah… thank you, Yukina," he kissed his sister on the cheek before he left.

She shouted after him down the stairs, "I was serious about cleaning your room!"

"Don't touch my room," he chuckled at his sister's antics.

The air was warm, but fall would be approaching soon all Hiei knew was that he needed to get out of that room, why was he now haunted by old age? He couldn't even drink legally yet, how did he go through aging issues as a teenager?

"Hiei?"

"Kurama… what are you doing here?"

"I'm the fox spirit who watches over this park… why wouldn't I be here?"

"Hn," Hiei nodded, accepting Kurama's answer, but didn't look up into the beauty that would last for all time.

"What are you doing here? Not that I mind the sudden surprise, but you don't usually come out here any more."

"I just needed some air."

"I see… Hiei? Can I kiss you?"

"What? Why?"

"That's what lovers do. They kiss as a greeting," he leaned in just before the shorter boy, but Hiei was still looking elsewhere.

"I'm not in the mood right now."

"Hiei… is this about what Karasu said yesterday?"

Those coppery eyes shifted about the park.

"Hiei," the redhead sighed out and stood up straight, he started walking away.

"Wait, where are you going?" he held his grip on the redhead's wrist.

"I'll give you time and space until you figure it out, Hiei. There's nothing else that I can do other than to tell you that I love you more than anything, and that can only do so much if you don't believe me."

Hiei held on tightly to Kurama's hand, looking up at him with concerned eyes, "Don't… don't go."

"I don't want to go, but if you need time to figure out that I'm not lying to you, I'll give it all to you."

"I want you."

"What?"

Hiei turned a bright red, "I want you with me."

"You're getting better at this communication thing, Hiei, I'm very proud."

Hiei just stared off somewhere else once again, unwilling to meet those emerald eyes.

Kurama pulled Hiei close and kissed him on the forehead.

"Don't be foolish, people pass through here all the time."

Kurama just laughed.


Even though his life had become filled with his demon lover and his demon lover's demon servant, Hiei's life in school hadn't changed at all other than he didn't have to be jealous of anyone getting too close to Shuuichi. He was rather surprised at how easily Kurama slipped into being his boyfriend rather than just his friend in front of other people, especially their friends. During lunch with the rest of their friends and in front of the rest of the school, Kurama the perfect student, Shuuichi, slid his hand into Hiei's as he leaned in even closer, and snuck a quick kiss when there were few people around.

The tall redhead slipped his arm about Hiei's shoulders as they made their way home. Hiei looked at the long, pale fingers on his shoulder, Kurama was comfortable with it sitting there, but it still seemed so new to him even after weeks of doing this. Swallowing his nervousness, Hiei managed to put his arm about his tall boyfriend's slim waist.

He could feel the small laughter that shook through Kurama as he felt how stiff Hiei was. Public displays of affection were still too hard for Hiei to do easily.

"If you're not comfortable…" Kurama offered, pulling his arm away, but Hiei tightened his arm about the redhead's waist, pulling him even closer, "You're so cute."

"Hn."

"Okay, Hiei, we've been going out for about a month… Do you think that we should do anything in celebration?"

"How the hell should I know? I've never been in any kind of a serious relationship."

"Well, I haven't been in a human relationship."

"What do demons do?"

"They fuck and run."

"What?"

"I'm sorry, Hiei, but that's what demons usually do. There are very few that actually settle for just one love. Honestly, I never really understood it until now. Why would you want to spend your entire life sleeping with one person?"

Hiei glared at the street before them, his fist gripping at the once pressed shirt by Kurama's hip.

"Now I know though… it's kind of weird that I learned it from a human," he stopped suddenly and pulled Hiei into a tight embrace, resting his chin atop Hiei's spiky hair, "I really do love you, Hiei. I haven't felt anything like this since…" he trailed off, obviously hoping to not have to carry on the conversation.

"Since? There's a since?"

"It's nothing, it was a long time ago," he gave a sad smile.

"Kurama," he gave a warning tone.

"Hiei…"

"I want to know."

"… I don't really want to talk about it."

"You know about my past relationships…"

"That's because you haven't had any," Kurama sighed.

"Would you like to go have one so we can trade stories? Is that the only way that you'll see this as being fair."

"You know that's not what I mean, but it's just something that I've had out of my thoughts for so long… it would just hurt to have to think about it all over again, please don't make me…"

Hiei let out a heavy sigh as he pulled away and continued up the block.

"Hiei… Where are you going? What do you think that you're doing?"

"I'm walking away."

"What? Why?"

"You don't want to talk about… I do, this is the best way for you not to have to talk about it."

"Hiei, that's not fair."

"I've never had a relationship, you've never hidden anything from me before, why would you stat now? It makes me very nervous, Kurama. You know how I am."

"Yes, I do, you're still not sure about me, about us, and I know that this doesn't help, but… I'm still not ready to talk about it."

Hiei just shrugged, "Then I'll be going home. Good night, Kurama."

"Hiei. This isn't fair."

"What's not fair is that you're not willing to tell me about what happened with your past. Why are you so unwilling to talk to me about this?"

"….You wouldn't understand," he gasped when the words escaped his lips, "No, Hiei, that's not what I meant."

It was too late, Hiei was walking away, grumbling about not understanding what he's not told.

"Hiei!"


Yukina was begging to worry, her brother had reverted back to sulking in his room all day long. She felt bad that she was starting to feel so much better when Hiei's mood suddenly plummeted.

"Hiei…" she muttered pathetically as her brother stormed past the kitchen where she was in the middle of making dinner.


"Hiei…Hiei… You can't ignore me!" the obnoxious teen suddenly shouted in the shorter boy's ear, which earned him a well placed fist in his gut, "…ow…"

"Hn, idiot."

"What'd he do now?" Keiko looked at her boyfriend who was bent over in pain, this was no surprise to her and it really didn't bother her to see him in this position.

"He's bothering me."

"Oh, okay," she shrugged and went back to the conversation she was having with Botan as they sat at the lunch table.

"Hey, where'd Red go?" Yusuke quickly recovered from the abdominal pain.

"…" coppery reddish-brown eyes shifted.

"Well, Hiei?"

"Why are you asking me? I'm not his damn keeper," Hiei huffed.

"Yeah, but you are his boyfriend."

The spiky haired teen still blushed when he heard Kurama be called that. He was still having issues accepting that their relationship had taken such a leap only for them to suddenly fall.

"You should still know where he is."

Hiei just shrugged, "He's his own person, he can take care of himself."

"…There's something off about you…" Kuwabara suddenly stated, eyeing the shorter boy suspiciously, "You're even more gloomy than usual. Did you do something to piss off Shuuichi?"

"Hn," Hiei just glared at the taller carrot topped boy.

"Come on, Hiei," Keiko and Botan became interested in the boys' relationship suddenly, "Tell us what's going on. Maybe we can help."

"..." Hiei nearly growled to himself, but he had no idea how to fix things with his fox, he'd never had any kind of relationship before, "He said that he's had a... person he thought he was in love with before me..."

"Okay," Botan urged him on, "and...?"

"We got into a fight because he wouldn't tell me anything about that... person..."

"Are you serious?" Yusuke was almost laughing.

It did sound a bit stupid when he said it out loud, but that didn't take away from the fact that he wanted to know everything about Kurama, and that Kurama was holding back on him for some reason.

"Shut up."

"Oh, come on, Hiei, Shuuichi tells you everything, he'll tell you when he's ready to tell you."

"Hn," Hiei huffed.

"Yeah, I get it," Yusuke patted his friend on the shoulder, "you're a stubborn bastard, and I know he don't seem it, but Shuuichi can be just as stubborn as you."

"I know, I know," he stood suddenly and walked away with his bag.


Hiei sat outside of the forest, he had a feeling that Kurama was in there, and had skipped school once again. He looked over all of the trees, noticing that the trees were starting to turn red and gold and orange.

"Oh, poor little brat still crying over your fight you two had earlier?"

"What are you doing out, Karasu? Doesn't your kind die in the sun light?"

"I'm a crow, you dumbass, although... Kurama's lover had been a bat demon, actually."

"You know about Kurama's first love?"

"First love?" Karasu scoffed, "Kurama went through more lovers than one can count. He's nothing but a common fox whore. He'll sleep with anything on two legs, and even that was not a necessary qualification. His first love was probably before he even actually hit puberty."

"That's enough, you damn crow."

"Ah, you're so heart broken over something as stupid as this? Tsk, tsk, and here I was beginning to think that Kurama might have actually picked a remotely smart lover. You're so jealous over some damn dead bat," Karasu was practically laughing like a madman as he walked away.

"... dead?"

"Now you see why I didn't want to talk about it."

"No, I don't," Hiei barely let his eyes drift over the somber figure of his boyfriend, "There's still no reason for you not to tell me other than if you're still in love with him."

Kurama's eyes fell, and he silently stared at the ground that seperated him and Hiei.

"I see..."

"Hiei, don't be stupid, you're jealous of a ghost, a shadow from my past," Kurama managed to take a step closer, slowly closing the gap between them, he was somewhat happyto see that Hiei was taking a step away from him or anything, but he didn't want to press his luck.

"Why are you hiding him from me?"

"It's a personal matter," Kurama stated with a fierce determination.

"..." Hiei glared for a moment before turning away, and walking.

"Hiei! Stop."

"No."

"Hiei, please don't do this. You're acting like a child."

Hiei just huffed as he walked away.

"Why can't you understsand?"

That stopped the young teen in his tracks and he turned to face the redhead, "You didn't even think that I could understand, Kurama, so you kept it from me. I thought that we knew everything about each other. This... is just too much."

"Too much? Why can't you handle that I was in love before I met you? I even lost him before you were even born, so please..." for the first time in his life, Kurama became choked up.

Hiei turned, eyes wide, "Kurama."

"I'm sorry, I think I should be alone for a little-"

"No," Hiei approached, uncomfortably reaching out his hand for Kurama's hand, but he was still too nervous to actually touch him.

Licking his dry lips, "Hiei..." he closed the gap between their hands.

Almost jerkily, Hiei pulled Kurama into a tight embrace.

"I watched him die," Kurama practically sobbed into Hiei's shoulder.


TBC

Whee! I'm finally getting through this story, that last scene was a biatch in the most cruel of ways. The nxt chapter is just about finished, once again, I am only missing those filler paragraphs that connect everything.