A/N: Thank you to the sugar sweet KyoHana for your constant support! Here's one for your favorite pairing!
It was New Year's Eve in Ningenkai and Kurama was stuck in Makai fulfilling his patrol duties for Enki. The redhead had wanted to take part in the festivities back home with his family and made his displeasure plain to Hiei and Karasu, his patrol mates, by endlessly boring them with descriptions of holiday delicacies he was missing out on, the excitement of the Year End count-down, the Shinto temple visit that was a tradition within his family, the fantastic fireworks display, the New Year's kiss at the stroke of midnight —
Wait. Did he say New Year's kiss? Hiei perked up and was suddenly interested in the perpetual rambling. Of course, there was no telling what time it actually was in Makai as none of them held a watch and the cloud cover was too thick to tell the position of the moon. But maybe, just maybe, if he managed to impress the fox enough, he would earn a kiss!
Using Kurama's description of a bright, exploding, and flashing fireball as a guide, Hiei gathered his energy into little fire orbs and shot them up into the sky. Kurama suddenly fell silent as he watched the blazing fireballs create streaks of bright light that cut the ink black Makai sky in half and then...nothing, no explosion.
Never one to be outdone, Karasu grabbed the closest creature, an unfortunate Makai bird, injected his ki into it and launched it into the sky, creating an equally impressive trail of light. As the projectile reached its apex, Karasu flared his powers to detonate it into a dazzling display of radiant fire.
For a brief moment, Kurama looked impressed, Hiei sulked, and Karasu puckered his lips, ready to claim a kiss.
And then bits of bird gore started raining on them.
Hiei smirked. There'll be no kissing tonight.