Kurama yawned and stretched. Hiei was curled up next to him like a baby. Mornings like this were the reason he went to sleep at night. He noticed Hiei seemed a little bigger than he had the night before. He was about the size of his 16 year old self, which meant he was officially done growing. Kurama sighed, almost saddly at this. He wrapped his arms around Hiei, thinking about how he wished he could hold him all wrapped up in a blanket like he had before. His eyes widened as he thought back to what Hiei had said to him a few months back.

"What's up?" Kurama asked.

"Nothin, I just think you'd make a great dad." Hiei teased.

"Maybe I will someday, I've got the perfect mate already." Kurama said.

It was true, wasn't it? But could he really have a baby with Hiei? They were both male..but Hiei was able to go into heat, right? So that had to mean he was at least partially female. He decided to talk to the fire demon about it.

Hiei rolled a little and cracked an eye.

"Hey, Rama." He yawned out.

"Hey." Kurama said.

He kised Hiei's mouth gently. Hiei pushed Kurama down onto the bed and curled up on top of him. He kissed his Kitsune's neck softly.

"Raaaaamaaaaaaa..." Hiei whined softly.

"Yeah, Hiei?" Kurama looked at him.

Hiei's face had a nice pink tint to it. He sat up, biting his lip nervously, and not making eye-contact. It was adorable to see, but Kurama knew it was something important. He sat up and held Hiei in his lap.

"What is it, Hiei?" Kurama asked.

"...can we..you know..um...have...have a...a baby?" Hiei asked, looking down, trembling softly.

"Do you really want to, Hiei? You know there's no turning back from that." Why was he making it so serious? Didn't he want the baby as well?

"Yes..I've thought it over a hundred times..it's what I really want." Hiei looked him hesitantly in the eye.

"Well, then..let's have a baby." Kurama said softly.

"Really?" Hiei's eyes widened in excitement.

"Yeah." Kurama kissed Hiei softy.

Hiei returned the kiss with butterflies in his stomach. Kurama's tongue dragged across Hiei's bottom lip, requesting entrance, and Hiei was all too happy to comply.

The door burst open and Yusuke stood there looking worried.

"Kurama..I.." Yusuke started.

"What is it, Yusuke?" Kurama sat up, pulling Hiei into his lap.

"I..I got Keiko pregnant." Yusuke stuttered out.

"Wow, you actually had it in you to reproduce?" Hiei said without thinking.

"FUCK OFF!! THIS IS SERIOUS!!" Hiei actually flinched back.

"Fine." He got up and walked out of the room.

"..where is he going?" Yusuke asked.

"I don't know. You're probably better off though, knowing that he left. He's on a pretty short fuse lately." Kurama said.

"Why is that?" Yusuke asked.

"I'm not sure..I wish I knew." Kurama sighed heavily.

They went into the living room to find Hiei gone. They searched the whole house, and found he wasn't there. They went outside and searched the town, but couldn't find him anywhere. Kurama ran into the woods, sensing an aura that felt familiar, but he wasn't quite sure of. He burst into an opening with Yusuke hot on his heels and saw...

"Yukina?" Kurama blinked in surprise.

"Kurama! How are you?" She asked. She was looking around at the trees, as though expecting they would hold the end to her quest.

"I'm well. Why are you here?" He asked.

"I've decided to continue my search for my brother, I picked up some information on him that actually lead me to a surprising conclusion." She said.

"What was that conclusion?" Kurama asked warily.

"That Hiei knows who my brother is." Yukina smiled with a tilted head. "Do you know where I can find him?"

"We're actually looking for him..he ran off again." Kurama said.

"Well, that's expected. He's such a young demon, he wouldn't want to be around too many people." Yukina said.

"...that's it!" Kurama said suddenly. "I think I know where he is!"

"Where?" Yukina and Yusuke asked simultaniously.

"Follow me." Kurama said, turning out of the woods and running into the city.

"Kurama this makes no sense! If Hiei wanted to get away from people why would he have come into the city?!" Yusuke yelled after him. Kurama came to a dead stop, looking around as though watching for something.

"Hiei got turned back into a baby, and so his mentality went back to a baby's, and now that he's his full size, I made the mistake of thinking his mind was matured as well. He's still got a teenage way of thinking, which means he's being impulsive..stupid." He looked at Yusuke. "Sound familiar?"

"Shut up." Yusuke said, annoyed.

"Anyway, he should be right around here." Kurama said, walking into an abandoned building.

Sure enough, there was Hiei, curled up in a ball, fast asleep. Kurama's eyes rolled as a smile swept across his features. He shook Hiei lightly.

"Wake up, baby." He said softly. Hiei opened his eyes slowly and looked at Kurama.

"Rama..what are you doing here..?" He asked tiredly.

"Taking you home, you'll catch a death if you stay out here too long." Kurama lifted him up. "Yukina's here, too. She wants to talk to you."

Hiei looked at him nervously, but nodded. He closed his eyes and lay his head against Kurama's shoulder. Kurama walked back to his house and plopped Hiei on the couch. Hiei looked up at him and shook his head. Yukina took a seat next to Hiei and sighed.

"I've been told you know who my brother is, Hiei." Yukina looked at him hopefully.

"Yeah..I know him pretty well.." Hiei looked away.

"Well..can you tell me who it is? Please?" She begged.

"He doesn't want you to know. He's afraid you'll be ashamed of him.." Hiei said.

"I wouldn't know. I need to know who he is, Hiei, please, he's the only family I've got." Yukina looked at him with pleading eyes. Hiei sighed, weighing his options. Then he stood, looked at her, and muttered softly.

"It's me." He turned away from her, moving to Kurama's room, but Kurama blocked his way.

"It's...it's you?" Yukina asked.

"Yes.." Hiei said, glaring at his redheaded captor.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why did you keep it a secret?" Yukina asked, crystal tears falling from her eyes. "I couldn't be ashamed of you. You've done nothing but help me, save me, since the day we met."

"And now I've made you cry." Hiei said, eyes closing in frustration.

"You've made me happy." Yukina said. "And I see it..you're still wearing the necklace I gave you so long ago, asking you to give it to my brother."

"Well...why wouldn't I? You unknowingly have it to me." Hiei said.

"Please..don't hide from me anymore. You're the only family I have." Yukina said. Hiei pushed his way past Kurama.

"I truely pity you for that statement."