This is not originally my story but I have permission to put it on my page and continue it. The story was originally more brother Vlad's. I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of the characters in this story.
Kurama could tell something was wrong with Hiei when he didn't smile at victory. 'He loves defeating his opponents.' Whenever Kurama tried to ask Hiei about it he told Kurama to leave him alone. Everyone was starting to get annoyed with his attitude, especially Kuwabara. One day Hiei and Kuwabara started fighting again and Kuwabara put Hiei on the coat hook in Yusuke's closet.
"Now, that's much better," said Kuwabara closing the closet door.
They could hear Hiei literally throwing a temper tantrum when Keiko walked in. "He sounds cranky, if you ask me," she said staring at the closet door.
Then it dawned on Kurama that Hiei may not be sleeping well in the park. He went over and opened the door. "Hiei, where exactly do you sleep each night?"
"That's none of your business, kitsune. Just get me down!" Hiei yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Not just yet. When was the last time you slept?"
"Hn, nosy kitsune. Like I said it's none of your business," Hiei snapped again. "I want down!"
"I want you to answer my questions," Kurama said closing the closet door.
Hiei realized he wasn't getting down until he answered. "Fine," he said right before the door was closed all the way. Kurama opened the door and stared eye to eye with him. "I sleep in my tree."
"And?" they all asked.
"And what? Now get me down!" he said throwing a temper tantrum again.
"Answer the second question shrimp," said Kuwabara and Hiei threw mental daggers at him.
"No," he said crossing his arms and looking away.
Kuwabara was ready to pound him when Kurama asked, "Why not?" Hiei seemed surprised by the question and stared at him then looked down and mumbled something. "What?" Kurama asked lifting Hiei's head with his hand.
Hiei swatted his hand away and looked him in the eyes. "Because I have trouble sleeping!" he yelled and looked away again.
Kurama lifted Hiei off the hook. Before he realized it Hiei wrapped his arms around Kurama's neck and hugged him. Everyone gasped and stared until Kurama stood Hiei up and he went for Kuwabara.
"Don't ever do that again, baka," he yelled chasing Kuwabara around the room.
"For having trouble sleeping he sure has a lot of energy," Yusuke said and Keiko smiled.
After Kuwabara had given up and Hiei had thrown a few punches knocking Kuwabara out, Hiei looked around only to discover Kurama was gone. "Where'd K'rama go?" Hiei asked Yusuke who was sitting on the couch watching television.
"He left half an hour ago cause you and Kuwabara gave him a headache," Yusuke said before turning to look at the hurt look on Hiei's face. "Did you wanna go with him?" Hiei shrugged and stood there looking lost. "Come sit down," Yusuke said patting the couch next to him. Hiei went and sat down before leaning back against the couch and closing his eyes. "You can take a nap if you'd like." Hiei opened his eyes and sat up.
"I'm fine." They sat there and watched television for awhile before Hiei spoke again. "What do dogs eat?"
"What?" Yusuke stared at Hiei surprised he had spoken.
"What do dogs eat?"
"You mean like a pet dog?" Hiei nodded. "Why do you wanna know?" Hiei shrugged.
"Just curious. What do they eat?"
"Dog food duh," Kuwabara said as he got up and sat on the other side of Yusuke. Hiei glared at him before looking at Yusuke again.
"Where do you get dog food?" Hiei asked Yusuke.
"At a pet store Shrimp."
"I didn't ask you!" Hiei yelled shaking with anger.
"Hiei calm down," Yusuke said. "I don't need you setting my apartment on fire again."
"Then make him leave!"
"How about you and I go talk in my room okay?"
"Hn," Hiei said before standing and heading to Yusuke's room.
"What's his problem?" Kuwabara asked changing the television station.
"I don't know but I think he just needs someone to talk to and Kurama left him here," Yusuke said as he stood up and went to his room.
As Yusuke walked in he saw Hiei sitting on his bed with a stuffed pink rabbit on his lap. "Uh... that was just a gift from Botan," Yusuke said. "It means nothing to me." Hiei looked up as Yusuke closed and locked the door. "So what's this all about?" Yusuke asked as he grabbed his desk chair and sat in it backwards in front of Hiei.
"I was asking you not Kuwabaka," Hiei said before throwing the rabbit at the door.
"Whoa. You can rip it up if it'll make you feel better, but that's not what I was talking about. Why do you want dog food?" Hiei looked down at his hands and wished he hadn't thrown the rabbit before grabbing Yusuke's pillow and fiddling with it. "You're not gonna throw my pillow too are you?" Hiei put the pillow back and just sat there as still as he could. "You tell me why you want dog food and I'll tell you exactly where to get it... Okay?"
"Does it cost money?"
"Well yeah."
"Can you get it for me?"
"If you tell me why you need it, sure."
"You remember when we defeated the four saint beasts and then went out for donuts?"
"Yeah. You ran off." Hiei nodded.
"When I went to the park that night there was a dog looking for food so I gave her the box of donuts that Kurama had given me."
"Okay. Hiei you do know that feeding a dog donuts is bad right?" Hiei nodded. "Okay continue."
"Well she slept with me that night but disappeared in the morning."
"Wait you slept with a dog?" Yusuke began laughing and Hiei stared at him in confusion. "Do you realize what you just said? That you slept with a dog. Slept with? As in had sex with?" Hiei still stared with confusion. "You do know what sex is don't you?" Hiei nodded.
"Male or female."
"Never mind," Yusuke said with a surprised smile. "Continue about the dog."
"Well she came back the next night and slept with me again. Also the night after that but then she didn't show for awhile and I thought she'd never come back." Yusuke nodded when Hiei looked up to make sure he was still listening. "You remember when we were training in that park?"
"No. You erased my memory for some reason." Hiei looked up surprised that Yusuke knew he had erased his memories and that he himself had forgotten doing it.
"I can give you back the memory but you have to promise not to laugh."
"I take it was something embarrassing." Hiei nodded. "I won't laugh."
"Or tell anyone?"
"Or tell anyone." Hiei uncovered the Jagan and stared at Yusuke. As a flash Yusuke suddenly remembered what happened that day before Hiei recovered the Jagan. Hiei allowed Yusuke time to recover before continuing.
"I was searching for her. I couldn't concentrate on anything and forgot to eat and sometimes forgot to pee until the last minute."
"So that's why you peed your pants? Because you were distracted by a dog." Hiei nodded slowly. "The dog never came back did she." Hiei looked up in shock.
"She came back!"
"Okay what's wrong then?"
"She came back that night but she wasn't alone. There were three cubs with her."
"They're called pups."
"Hn?"
"Baby dogs are called pups."
"Oh."
"Go on."
"She also brought a blanket with her and she'd been bringing food into the tree every night."
"Wait. Into the tree?" Hiei nodded. "You've been sleeping inside of a tree?" Hiei nodded again. "I thought you were sleeping on a branch or something. I gotta see this." Yusuke stood up and went to the door.
"Where are you going?" Hiei asked standing up as well.
"To see this tree of yours."
"But..."
"What?"
"I wasn't done."
"Oh right. Sorry. Go ahead and continue." They both sat back down.
"Well I don't want her to leave again."
"You mean like she did before she brought the pups with her." Hiei nodded. "Hiei she may have left to have the pups and then came back." Hiei looked up at Yusuke confused. "A lot of dogs will do that. The fact that she brought her pups to you shows that she trusts you and plans on staying in that tree."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Then why does she leave every morning?"
"Is she gone all day or just in the morning?"
"I-I don't know. When I wake up they're gone and sometimes when I come back at dark they're not there yet."
"She might be taking them to the bathroom."
"Hn?"
"You know... to go potty?" Hiei seemed more confused. "Restroom?"
"You mean to pee and... stuff?"
"Yeah."
"So she might be there now?"
"Maybe." Hiei jumped up and headed for the door.
"Whoa! Where are you going?" Yusuke asked while Hiei tried to open the locked door without unlocking it.
"To my tree," Hiei said giving up and staring at Yusuke.
"I'm coming with you."
"Why?"
"Cause I wanna see this tree of yours."
"Okay but the oaf can't come."
"Deal." Yusuke opened the door and Hiei headed for the door to the outside.
"Where you guys going?" Kuwabara asked getting up and turning off the television.
"No where!" Hiei yelled.
"Just for a walk," Yusuke said.
"I'll come with," Kuwabara stated.
"You sure? Hiei's gotta take care of some business."
"So? What ya mean?" Yusuke went over and whispered something in Kuwabara's ear. "I'm staying," Kuwabara said as his eyes became the size of dinner plates.
"What did you tell him?" Hiei asked once they were outside and headed towards the park.
"I told him you had to take a shit."
"Why'd you tell him that?"
"So he wouldn't wanna come."
"Oh." They were quiet the rest of the way until they got to the woods and Yusuke spoke.
"Does Kurama know about the dogs?"
"No and you promised not to tell anyone."
"Actually I promised not to tell anyone about you peeing your pants." Hiei stopped in his tracks and turned to stare in shock at Yusuke. "I promise I won't tell anyone about the dog. Okay?"
"Or her pups?"
"Or her pups," Yusuke said with a nod. They silently continued deeper into the woods before Hiei stopped in front of a tree and got on his hands and knees. "Is this it?"
"They're not here," Hiei said disappointingly, standing up and letting Yusuke see the hole in the base of the tree. Yusuke got on his hands and knees to look inside the tree.
'He must of burned it out himself,' Yusuke thought before he saw the only thing in the tree. 'That's not a blanket. It's an old piece of scrap cloth.' Yusuke froze when he heard a growl behind him and slowly backed out of the tree before standing up. He then slowly turned around to see a medium sized white wolf baring it's teeth at him. "Oh shit. Nice Wolfy. You don't wanna eat me... do you?" 'Where the hell did Hiei go?' As if Hiei heard what Yusuke was thinking he came out from behind the tree fixing his pants. Hiei stopped in his tracks when he saw the wolf growling at Yusuke. "Hiei don't move. Stay completely still." Yusuke slowly inched closer to Hiei.
"Mesuinu?" Hiei asked the wolf. The wolf looked at Hiei's terrified face and glanced back at Yusuke before silently walking over to Hiei, all the while watching Yusuke. "Why are you growling at Yusuke?" The wolf of course didn't answer but growled at Yusuke again when he tried to get closer to Hiei.
"Um Hiei... Can you tell her I won't hurt you?" Hiei shrugged and knelt in front of the wolf with her cubs.
"Yusuke's my friend. He won't hurt us." Hiei stood up and walked over to Yusuke. The wolf seemed nervous about it until Hiei wrapped his arms around Yusuke's waist. "Tomodachi." Mesuinu calmed down and sat where she was on the ground. Immediately the cubs ran up to Hiei and Yusuke to sniff and lick them. Yusuke was a little worried at first but once he saw how relaxed and happy Hiei was, he smiled and watched as the cubs knocked Hiei to the ground playing.