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POV: KURAMA

Chapter Five

I was shocked to see Yusuke the next day. I was even more shocked when I realized his hair was waist-length and silver. He was wearing a long-sleeved shirt but I could see the tattoos on his face. "Help!" he said.

I laughed, realizing the implication of his full demon form.

"Why are you laughing?" he asked.

"You look beautiful, Yusuke," I said.

Yusuke glared at me"You'd better not be hitting on me." It was true, his full demon form was quite beautiful, his muscles were bigger and harder. His scent was unmistakably demon and I was drawn to him but I knew that his heart belonged to another. As I'm sure mine would someday.

"Come inside and I'll see what I can do."

Yusuke followed me into my house and slumped down on the couch. "Is there something you can do?" he asked.

"Nothing can be done about your hair," I said. "It probably won't react to hair-dye and if I cut it, it will only grow back. That is what demon hair does."

Yusuke gave me a pouty look. "Can you at least hide the marks?"

I laughed again. "Sure, I have a plant that can hide body art. I used to use it to hide my tattoo."

Yusuke's jaw dropped. "You have a tattoo? Where?"

I lifted my hair and showed him the back of my neck. There was a crescent moon and star tattooed there. "I decided that growing out my hair would be more effective."

"When did you get it?" asked Yusuke

"It showed up when I turned 13, it's Yoko's tattoo, not mine," I explained.

"It's beautiful!"

I smiled sadly. "The story behind it isn't so beautiful." I reached into my hair and pulled out a seed. It grew into a quite pretty flesh-colored blossom. "Eat this."

Yusuke looked at it skeptically. "The whole thing?"

"Yes. It has a very pleasant taste, actually. I believe you might like it."

Yusuke took the flower from me and took a bite. "It does taste good!" he said.

"Why so shocked?" I asked.

Yusuke shrugged and finished eating the flower. His tattoos faded until they were gone completely.

"As for your hair," I said. "I suggest wearing it up. You have a lot of hair."

Yusuke sighed. "I know. It's all over the place."

"Here, let me help you."

I took a rubber-band out of the drawer beside the sofa and took hold of Yusuke's hair. I brushed it back with my fingers and started braiding it. When I was finished, a few pieces had fallen and were framing Yusuke's face. "It looks nice," I said. "Go look in the bathroom."

Yusuke went to the bathroom and came out looking satisfied. "At least it doesn't look as girly as I thought it would," he said. "And now it's not as itchy."

"You'll get used to it. It's almost noon, don't you have a date with a demon?"

Yusuke's eyes widened. "Yeah, I just wanted to see you first. How did you know, anyway?"

"Hiei told me that Koenma killed Kuwabara. I simply put the rest together from prior knowledge."

"Smart."

"Why haven't you mentioned that you and Kuwabara are mated?"

Yusuke looked at me like I was crazy. "Because we're not."

I smiled. "If you say so..."

"What?"

"You have teeth-marks on your neck. What I don't understand is how Kuwabara managed to mark you without you noticing."

"That's impossible! He never touched me until he died."

I raised an eyebrow. "Hmm? That doesn't make much sense Yusuke. Are you telling me you had sex with Kuwabara after he was dead?"

"No!" He frowned. "Kinda. It wasn't like that though! He kind of touched me."

I gasped and took a step back. "As a ghost? That is very odd, Yusuke. I've never heard of a ghost being able to touch someone living."

"Believe me, if you were there, you'd believe me. I gotta go resurrect my boyfriend."

"Mate, Yusuke."

"Yeah, whatever." He walked out.

I frowned. How could Kuwabara bite Yusuke if he had no teeth? I will have to give this some thought.

I know, another short chapter but... well, you'll understand later.