Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters used in this story, with the exception of a large list of minor characters. Anyways, this story is rated M for violence, bad language, and graphic boy on boy action.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: HAPPY ENDINGS

Kurama woke to the sunlight streaming in through the window and his head still resting on his fire demon. Hiei held him close, crimson eyes staring at the ceiling as he waited for Kurama to wake up. Hiei shifted his gaze and smiled softly, brushing a strand of hair from the pale expanse of the fox's face.

"Good morning," Hiei greeted and kissed the tip of Kurama's nose. "You look like yourself again."

"Mmm…" Kurama agreed and snuggled closer. "I've missed you."

"Baby, I've missed you more than words can tell," Hiei murmured, kissing Kurama's hair and holding him close.

Kurama shifted his position and straddled Hiei's waist, a playful desire evident within the depths of his emerald eyes. Hiei's lust was reflected in his own eyes as he arched up in to the fox above him, rubbing their hardening organs in blissful friction. Kurama's eyes slipped closed for an instant as a moan escaped his lips. Hiei reached up, entwining his fingers in red and pulling down his mate for a lingering kiss. Kurama opened his mouth, allowing Hiei to taste him fully, their tongues waging a battle as their bodies pressed together. Hiei's hands drifted down Kurama's side to the waistband of his pajama pants.

It'd been six years, and his eyes sorely missed the sight of Kurama lying nude beneath him, marble skin flushed as he screamed out his release. Hiei slipped the pants past Kurama's hips and buttocks, squeezing a good handful of the scrumptious flesh. Kurama slid the pants off himself the rest of the way and straddled Hiei again, his hands exploring the defined muscles of Hiei's bare chest and abs. His tongue soon followed the path his hands laid out.

Hiei arched as a nipple was abused and the transgression made up by licking the hardened nub. Kurama moved down. "I see you still go commando at night love," Hiei muttered.

Kurama raised his head. "Better access."

Hiei slipped from Kurama's grip and off the bed. He pretended he didn't notice how those orbs traveled over his body as he stripped. How Kurama couldn't take his eyes off his nude (and rather well endowed) form. Hiei crawled on to the bed and pushed Kurama down, taking the dominant position.

Hiei's lips claimed Kurama's in another searing kiss as the fire demon settled himself between Kurama's spread legs. He nipped Kurama's lower lip they opened to grant Hiei access once again. Hiei pulled away breathless and lowered his head, leaving a wet trail of kisses and purple marks down one side of Kurama's neck. He pinched Kurama's nipples until the fox arched from the bed with a groan of pleasure. Kurama always did have a bit of a kinky side, Hiei thought with a smile. He moved further down, pressing hot kisses against Kurama's inner thigh.

"Hiei, please," Kurama whispered, closing his eyes.

"No," Hiei replied. "I'm taking this slow, fox. I want to enjoy it and I want to feel you writhing underneath me."

The door clicked open and Ayden stood there, gazing in. "Mom, Yomi and his personal guards are here. Are you going to come down or do you want Sage to talk to him?"

Kurama shifted, ready to pull away from Hiei and end their encounter. Hiei, of course, decided that ending what the fox had started wouldn't accomplish anything but leaving them both wanting. He pinned the fox's hips to the bed and engulfed the aching erection whole. Kurama collapsed back down among the pillows with a cry.

"Tell… ah… Yomi… uhhh Dragonfly… that I'll be able…" Kurama cried out as a slick and probing finger worked its way in to his entrance. "I'll see him…" A low moan as another finger was inserted. "In an hour…" Kurama managed to finish his sentence at long last and Ayden rushed from the room, closing the door behind him.

Hiei's tongue licked broad, sure strokes, making the fox quake beneath him as the scissoring fingers found the bundle of nerves. Kurama's eyes slipped closed, his fingers clenching the sheets, as he exploded in to the warm cavern of Hiei's mouth with a scream.

Hiei waited patiently as the fox rode out the waves of pleasure. Emerald eyes gazed up at him, met his own crimson stare, as Hiei slipped inside his fox. Kurama wrapped his arms around his lover, a silent command for Hiei to start moving and a warning that curses would follow if he didn't. Hiei obeyed the silent request, starting slow at first as the tightness gripping his erection testified to the fact that the fox hadn't had a lover in the six years they'd been parted. Hiei moved faster as his mind fogged over with pleasure, as his end became nearer. Kurama cried out as Hiei managed to hit that spot that made white circles appear in his vision. Again and again, they moaned out their joined pleasure. Hiei came with a gasp and a small cry of victory as Kurama spilled his seed in to his waiting hand.

Kurama fell limp on the bed with a small smile. "That was certainly worth making Yomi wait." He climbed from bed and sauntered towards the bathroom. "I'd better hurry. You can have the shower after me."

Twenty minutes later, Kurama headed downstairs while Hiei took his time taking a shower. He greeted Yomi with a small smile and sat down. The teenagers were scattered in separate places across the room. Sage and Ian were on the couch facing Yomi, Sage talking with the elder man the most. Ayden was sitting in the bay window, gazing out at the gardens and Nevaeh had retreated to a corner of the room.

"Forgive me for visiting at such a bad time," Yomi apologized to Kurama. "I just came to inquire about Sage."

"The same arrangements remain," Kurama replied. "Sage isn't moving to Makai until after his high school graduation. At that time, Ian will also be taking over Raizen in place of Yusuke, who defeated the last leader. They're participating in the upcoming tournament among your forces, but they'll need to find two more members. I was hoping, perhaps, that your general and a captain could join them. Sage is your heir and their commander."

"I'm sure it can be arranged," Yomi replied, elegantly sprawled in the chair. "Has your husband decided his heir yet?"

"Yes, Nevaeh is Hiei's heir, but there is much more training that she needs to complete, which is why she isn't being permitted to join in the tournament." Kurama folded his hands on his lap. "Also, Ayden will be training that day."

"Actually, mom, I'll be in the spectator stands that day. One of the four judges are attending," Ayden piped up.

"I see." Yomi stood up and flashed a brief smile at Sage. "I'm sorry, child, but I did try to convince him again."

"It's okay," Sage said in a soft manner, bowing his head to show submission to the one who ruled over him. "Two years isn't so long."

"Instead of making Ian and Sage wait to leave, why don't they return with you Yomi? It gives them three days to pick out the final members of their team," Kurama suggested.

Yomi agreed at once and the three left with a band of guards surrounding the leader and his heir. Ayden moved in to the seat Yomi had occupied and Nevaeh sat on the other side of the couch from Kurama. Hiei wandered downstairs fully dressed.

"What's going on?" Hiei questioned.

Ayden glanced at the time. "I have to go in ten minutes."

"Where?"

"Work."

"Ian and Sage left a few days early for the tournament," Kurama said. "Yomi came to visit in order to convince me to let Sage move to Makai two years early. I refused."

"Why the hell would Yomi care anyways?" Hiei muttered, perching on the armrest next to Kurama.

"Sage has been named Yomi's heir and chief advisor," Kurama replied with a roll of his eyes. "Of course, I forget you've been oblivious to everything outside of Alaric for the last six years."

"Hn… Very funny fox," Hiei shook his head. "Nevaeh, you and I will train once Ayden goes."

Koenma came inside without knocking and wandered to the living room. "Ayden."

Ayden got up and grabbed his bag. "I'll see you in two weeks mom."

Hiei grabbed his son by the waist and pierced Koenma with a glare. "You aren't taking him."

Koenma gave Kurama an exasperated sigh. "You haven't explained yet?"

Kurama shrugged. "I haven't had a chance." He grabbed Hiei's arm. "Let him go with Koenma. I'll explain everything in a minute."

Hiei let go and those two soon were gone as well. Nevaeh muttered an incoherent sentence and escaped to her room and her self-imposed isolation.

Hiei moved to the chair across from the couch and glared at Kurama. "Explain."

Kurama let out a deep sigh. "I've already told you how the twins obtained their dragons, but you don't know what happened after. Seiryuu is the guardian of the gates of paradise and of the four judges. One judge records the good deeds a soul has done, another the evil. Of the other two left, one records the past lives of a soul, the other records the future. It is a delicate balance and the judges are very important to Reiki. They determine where dead souls, demon and human alike, are transferred or reborn. They also hear trials and pass judgment on the accused."

"I know all this," Hiei reminded. "We both have been placed under their eyes at one time."

"You see, Ayden and Seiryuu combined, two souls meshed together to become one. He is perfectly trained and in control at all times, but when another dragon attacks him, it is his instinct to attack back. Ayden is often in Reiki or Makai after school and on vacations because it's still his duty to protect the judges during those hours."

"There is a legend… That Seiryuu is also the pet slave of one of the judges."

"That's true. Sage wears a collar of sorts in Reiki and Makai made of all kinds of jewels." Kurama smiled faintly. "I remember that I once fought Seiryuu as Yoko Kurama in my last life in order to obtain that collar. It was so beautiful. But I lost… badly, and received an onyx stone from the collar as a reward for my bravery."

"And Nevaeh?"

"Has absolutely no control over Juo, who is a judge of hell. Juo isn't as important as the four judges and has no say except when the four judges appoint a damned soul to his realm. Then, he is allowed to decide a punishment to cleanse the soul before it is reincarnated again."

"She needs training to control this Juo."

"Yes. If you go to the tournament, you'll see Ayden in the stands with his master, the leader and deciding voice of the judges."

Kurama moved close to Hiei, relishing the feel of Hiei's arms looping around him as they cuddled close together and began to share the last cup of tea. Both of them finally had their happy ending to a long and tiring journey.

AUTHOR'S CORNER:

I'm done with another story! Yay! I'd have to say that this one took more twists and turns then "Skeletons in my Closet" did. Anyways, not the point. The point is that I don't even care if my ending is cliché this time because I don't think there's been a single moment in this story where I've looked back and wondered what the hell I was thinking when I wrote it. So, review! I also realize that I left you all on a part where there's still things going on but… guess what? It has nothing to do with Hiei and Kurama, and everything to do with all the minor characters that I've made you fall in love with. The next little section of the story I was going to write had to do with the tournament and all that fun stuff, but I decided it doesn't belong in this story. Then I was tempted to make a sequel to this sequel but decided against that too, for the fact Hiei and Kurama would be the minor characters. Anyways, this author is done rambling. I do, however, have one last thing to say: REVIEW!!!!